# \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Language, Ethics, & Fiction Seminar Series sponsored by LEMMings (UNIMI) Department of Philosoph... ## Skills Used - calendar-add ## Retrieval Notes - Session id: `9e093c80-436d-49b7-97b7-990f34b31321` - Last activity: `2026-05-31T19:43:18.851Z` ## My Notes <!-- Add your notes here. This section is preserved across syncs. --> ## Conversation ### User "Language, Ethics, & Fiction Seminar Series sponsored by LEMMings (UNIMI) Department of Philosophy University of Milan 4 June 2026 2.00-4.00pm (CEST) Elvira Di Bona (University of Turin) "Listening through Loudspeakers: A (Mostly) Veridical Perception of Sounds" In this paper, I argue that auditory experiences mediated by loudspeakers are essentially non-illusory. To support this claim, I distinguish three dimensions that structure the content of auditory experience: the what-dimension (what kind of sound is heard), the where-dimension (where the sound is located), and the when-dimension (when the sound-producing event takes place). I then examine these three dimensions in three paradigmatic cases of listening through loudspeakers: listening to recorded sounds, listening to streamed auditory events, and listening to amplified live sounds in large spaces. I argue that, in all three cases, the what-dimension, and most of the where and when dimensions of auditory experience are veridical, since loudspeakers transmit rather than reproduce sounds and thus function as transparent perceptual media. I further show that some spatial and temporal illusions, when they occur, are limited in scope and arise only when the transparency of the perceptual medium breaks down—namely, when spatial or temporal properties of the loudspeaker itself enter the content of experience. Despite these possible distortions, the auditory experience of sounds through loudspeakers remains, in most cases, essentially veridical. The seminar will be held in hybrid mode, in person (Sala Martinetti, via Festa del Perdono 7, Milan) and online (MTeams). All are welcome! Please, register here: https://forms.gle/QGiukVYa6WKQAWZR9."Add this to my calendar. ### Assistant Added to your calendar. - Elvira Di Bona — "Listening through Loudspeakers: A (Mostly) Veridical Perception of Sounds" - Thursday 4 June 2026, 2:00–4:00pm (Europe/Rome) - Sala Martinetti, via Festa del Perdono 7, Milan — hybrid, also online via MS Teams - LEMMings seminar (Language, Ethics & Fiction), Dept of Philosophy, UNIMI - Registration link saved in the event description - [Open in Google Calendar](https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=dW44NDFxY29zb2MycHB1ZnBoMGJkZXE0OW8gbmlja3lvdW5nMUBt) One note: you'll want to register via the form yourself — I've kept the link in the event so it's to hand. *L'esperienza uditiva attraverso gli altoparlanti solleva una domanda affascinante sulla trasparenza del mezzo percettivo.*