Perception

This volume presents classic essays on the conceptual and theoretical problems in the study of vision. In a style that is accessible to the non-expert, the volume lays out core issues in the theory of vision and then sets up a dialogue on the topics among philosophers and psychologists, past and present. It provides the historical background on the important debates in this field, considers alternative accounts of the basis for the individuation of the senses, explores the controversy over whether perception is direct or indirect and examines the difficulties and complexities of drawing a principled distinction between perception and conception. This collection should interest anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of the complex problems of perception. It should also appeal to scholars in search of a compact collection of some expository writing in this area.
Contents: Part I: Historical Background On the Soul - Aristotle An Essay toward a New Theory of Vision, Berkeley, G.; Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man, Reid, T.; The Philosophy of the Enlightenment, Cassirer, E.; Elements of Psychology, Mueller, J.; Treatise on Physiological Optics, Helmholtz, H.. Part II: The Senses Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems, Gibson, J.; The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Gibson, J.; In and Out of The Black Box, Hamlyn, D.; Perception and Cognition, Heil, J.; Analysis of Sensation, Mach, E. Molyneux; Question, Morgan, M.; "Molyneux´s question", Evans, G.. Part III: Direct versus Indirect Theories of Perception "A theory of direct perception", Gibson, J.; The Ecological Approach to Perception, Gibson, J.; "How direct is visual perception?", Fodor, J. Pylyshyn, Z.; "Inference in perception", Rock, I.; "Is the Visual system as smart as it looks?", Churchland, P.; "Tacit assumptions in the computational study of vision", Ullman, S.; "Why do things look as they do?", Epstein, W.. Part IV: Perception and Conception "Seeing, believing & knowing", Dretske, F.; Wittgenstein, 2nd ed, Fogelin, R.; Patterns of Discovery, Hanson, N.; "Seeing is believing, or is it?", Dennett, D.