1st Edition
Sensation and Perception A History of the Philosophy of Perception
By D. W. Hamlyn
Copyright 1961
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1961, Sensation and Perception aims to cast light upon the nature of perception itself. This, the author believes, can be achieved only through an understanding of the concepts of sensation and perception. A survey of the principal attempts to arrive at such an understanding brings out the fact that perception has most often been assimilated to sensation or judgment. The... Read more
Preface 1. The Classical Greek Philosophies 2. Hellenistic Philosophy 3. Medieval Thought 4. The 17th Century – An Introduction 5. The Rationalists 6. The Empiricists 7. Kant, Hegel and Idealism 8. Nineteenth-Century Sensationalism 9. The Reaction 10. The 20th Century—Sense-data and Phenomenology 11. Conclusion – Sensation and Perception Bibliography Index
Biography
D. W. Hamlyn
