Article outline

• 4.1Introduction
• 4.2Ineffability and related notions
• 4.3Ineffability of what?
  • 4.3.1Differential ineffability of the senses
  • 4.3.2Proper and common sensibles
  • 4.3.3Ineffability of subjective experience
  • 4.3.4The ineffability of fine perceptual detail
  • 4.3.5Ineffability of multisensory experience
  • 4.3.6Why ineffabilities are necessary
• 4.4Explanations of the ineffability of the senses
  • 4.4.1Cognitive-architectural explanations
  • 4.4.2Limits of language explanations
  • 4.4.3Communicative need explanations
  • 4.4.4Evaluating explanations of ineffability
• 4.5Shifting semiotic strategies
• 4.6Conclusion
• Notes