Thomas Reid and the Puzzle of Perspective
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Edinburgh Studies in Scottish Philosophy
ISBN-10
1399549359
ISBN-13
9781399549356
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Imprint
Edinburgh University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 31st, 2027
Print length
208 Pages
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Shows how Thomas Reid's theory of vision helps solving issues in contemporary philosophy of perception.
How can we make sense of the fact that people appear smaller when seen from far away and yet do not appear to become smaller? How is it possible that a tilted penny looks elliptical and also looks round? Based on Thomas Reid’s theory of vision this book explains that our visual experience acquaints us with two sorts of shape properties: real figures and visible figures. Both are mind-independent and external; the latter, however, exist relative to a viewpoint in space. Moreover, visible figures have non-Euclidean geometrical properties. The book also applies this Reidean approach to the case of colour perception, hearing and temporal experience.
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