Berkeley's revolution in vision

Ithaca: Cornell University Press (1990)
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Introduction In 1709 George Berkeley published his first substantial work, An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision. As a contribution to the theory of ...

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B1339.A72 1990

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10.7591/9781501745416
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1. Introduction

2. Geometrical Optics and Descartes

3. Malebranche, Descartes, and Berkeley's Project

4. How Distance Is Perceived by Sight

5. Distance and the Issue of Heterogeneity

6. Seeing Size

7. Microscopes and the Heterogeneity of Extension

8. Perceiving Situation by Sight

9. The Nature of Visual Experience

10. The Heterogeneity of Ideas of Sight and Touch

11. The Language Model, the Geometric Model, and Common Sense

12. The New Theory and Immaterialism

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