Space And Vision: An Attempt To Deduce All Our Knowledge Of Space From The Sense Of Sight - Softcover

William Henry Stanley Monck

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371370175 ISBN 13: 9780371370179

Publisher: HardPress, 2020

Synopsis

"Space And Vision: An Attempt To Deduce All Our Knowledge Of Space From The Sense Of Sight, With A Note On The Association Psychology" by William Henry Stanley Monck. This work surveys the central problems of psychology concerning our idea of space and its relation to visual perception. Monck examines whether spatial knowledge is an a priori or a posteriori fact, and whether it derives directly from sense or via association. He critically reevaluates Berkeley’s theory of vision and contrasts it with the positions of Brown, Mill, Bain, and Abbott, arguing for the view that sight provides a direct perception of extension through retinal images and bodily experience. Drawing on examples from cataract patients and binocular perception, he contends that distance, direction, and solidity are largely learned through visual impressions rather than being solely supplied by touch. He situates his view between Berkeleyan idealism and associationist accounts, proposing a rational, vision-based account of space grounded in retinal imagery and subsequent inference. The Supplementary Notes further critique association psychology and its methodological premises.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371370175
• ISBN 13: 9780371370179
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 104