Auditory Perception – Its Functions and Disorders. Towards a Mechanistic Analyses of Auditory Hybrid Systems

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to present and analyze problems associated with the mechanisms of auditory perception (especially those responsible for speech perception), their specific disorders and functions. I discuss research on speech perception in the broader theoretical context of the mechanistic model of scientific explanation and the perspective of cognitive implantology that explores the possibilities for building hybrid auditory systems.

Keywords

• auditory perception
• mechanistic model of explanation
• functions
• mechanisms
• disorders
• hybrid auditory systems
• cochlear implant
• cognitive implantology
• philosophy of cognitive science