Space-Perception and the Philosophy of Science
1st Edition
Published on 28. July 2023
300 pages
978-0-520-90809-3 (ISBN)
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Drawing on the phenomenological tradition in the philosophy of science and philosophy of nature, Patrick Heelan concludes that perception is a cognitive, world-building act, and is therefore never absolute or finished.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.
Drawing on the phenomenological tradition in the philosophy of science and philosophy of nature, Patrick Heelan concludes that perception is a cognitive, world-building act, and is therefore never absolute or finished.
This title is part of UC
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.
Drawing on the phenomenological tradition in the philosophy of science and philosophy of nature, Patrick Heelan concludes that perception is a cognitive, world-building act, and is therefore never absolute or finished.
This title is part of UC
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Patrick A. Heelan is Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Content
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- 1. Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, and Philosophy of Science
- PART I: HYPERBOLIC VISUAL SPACE
- 2. Introduction to Visual Space
- 3. Visual Space: Search for a Model
- 4. Hyperbolic Space: The Model
- 5. Evidence from Perceptual Illusions
- 6. Evidence from the History of Art
- Part II: TOWARD A PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE BASED ON THE PRIMACY OF PERCEPTION
- 7. Nature of Perception
- 8. Causal Physiological Model of Perception
- 9. Perception as Mirroring: Realism
- 10. Horizonal Realism
- 11. Perception of Scientific Entities
- 12. Identity Theories and Psychobiology
- 13. Hermeneutics and the History of Science
- 14. Euclidean Space as a Scientific Artifact
- 15. World Possibilities
- 16. Retrospective
- Appendix: Hyperbolic Visual Map of Physical Space
- Notes
- References
- Index
