Experiencing things together: What is the problem?

Erkenntnis 66 (1-2):9 - 26 (2007)
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Suppose someone hears a loud noise and at the same time sees a yellow flash. It seems hard to deny that the person can experience loudness and yellowness together. However, since loudness is experienced by the auditory sense whereas yellowness is experienced by the visual sense it also seems hard to explain how.

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