ABSTRACT

It seems that there are important differences concerning the way in which space itself is presented in visual and tactile modalities. In the case of vision, it is usually accepted that visual objects are experienced as located in a visual field. However, it is controversial whether similar field-like characteristics can be attributed to the space in which tactile entities are experienced to be located. The paper investigates whether postulating the presence of a tactile field is justified. I argue that the answer is both ‘yes’ and ‘no’ due to the dual nature of touch: touch is both an interoceptive modality that presents states of one’s body and an exteroceptive modality that presents external entities. More specifically, the interoceptive tactile space has a character of a spatial field. On the other hand, the exteroceptive tactile space does not have characteristics necessary for ascribing the field-status.

摘要

空间本身以视觉和触觉方式呈现的方式似乎存在重要差异。在视觉的情况下，通常认为视觉对象被体验为位于视野中。然而，类似的场状特征是否可以归因于触觉实体被定位的空间是有争议的。该论文调查了假设触觉场的存在是否合理。我认为，由于触摸的双重性质，答案既是“是”又是“否”：触摸既是一种呈现身体状态的内感受模式，又是一种呈现外部实体的外感受模式。更具体地说，内感受触觉空间具有空间场的特征。另一方面，