Projects and collaborations
For details of current research projects and collaborations at the Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, please see the links below.
The Philosophy of Virtual and Augmented Reality
An exploration of the technological revolution in VR/AR for knowledge exchange, philosophical research, and teaching.
Suffering and Autonomy
An investigation into the theoretical and practical importance of the ways that suffering both threatens and augments autonomy at the end of life.
The Eye’s Mind
A study of the neural basis of visual imagination and its role in culture in collaboration with the University of Exeter.
Cupboard Games
Consulting and research collaboration with computer games company
Thought and Sense
Investigating the interface between perception and cognition in collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Mind, Oslo.
Experience and Reason Group
Brings together research on rational motivation and justification of mental attitudes.
Network for Sensory Research
An international network conducting interdisciplinary research on perception.
Previous projects and collaborations
For details of previously completed project at the Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, please see the following pages.
Understanding the Senses
An interdisciplinary investigation into the mechanisms, affective dimensions, and subjective experiences of the senses of sight and touch.
Synchronising the Senses
An interdisciplinary investigation of the temporal structure of experience and its implications for the metaphysics of perception.
Sense-Data: Phenomenology and Metaphysics
Investigating the capacity of sense-datum theory to account for the phenomenology of our experiences of space, time and motion.
Glasgow Emergence Project
An interdisciplinary research initiative involving collaboration between philosophers and physicists hosted by the University of Durham.
Value of Suffering Project
An interdisciplinary investigation of the nature, meaning, and role of affective experience.
The Pain Project
An international, interdisciplinary research project focusing on relations among pain, perception, and emotion.
Nature of Taste Project
A multi-institutional collaboration with the Institute of Philosophy, New York University.