The Unity of the Senses

Preface1 Introduction Unity and Diversity Overview2 The Doctrine of Equivalent Information On Common Sensibles Cross-Modal Perception of Size Cross-Modal Perception of Form Cross-Modal Perception of Space Cross-Modal Perception of Time, Motion, and Number Some Philosophical Considerations3 The Doctrine of Analogous Sensory Attributes and Qualities On Common Qualities Extension Intensity Brightness Suprasensory Equivalence: Absolute or Relative? Quality Sound Symbolism Synesthesia Synesthetic and Nonsynesthetic Correspondences4 The Doctrine of Common Psychophysical Properties Sensitivity Discrimination Psychophysics of Sensory Intensity5 The Doctrine of Neural Correspondences Two Faces of Sensation Coding Perceptual Information Coding Sensory Attributes6 The Unity of the Senses Evolution and Development On Similarity7 Sound Symbolism in Poetry Analogue and Formal Representation Sound and Meaning Dimensions of Sound Symbolism Vowel Symbolism in Poetry8 Synesthetic Metaphor in Poetry Unity of the Senses and Synesthetic Metaphor Affect in Synesthetic Metaphor Warm and Cool Colors Synesthetic Metaphor in Poetry Synesthesia as Doctrine—Charles Baudelaire Auditory Companions of Light and Dark—Edgar Allan Poe After Baudelaire: Rimbaud, Huysmans, de Maupassant Synesthetic Metaphors of Odor and Music—Percy Bysshe Shelley Light in Music, Music in Light—Algernon Charles Swinburne The Music of the Spheres The Music of Conrad Aiken The Metaphorical ImperativeReferencesName IndexSubject Index