Descartes on Seeing: Epistemology and Visual Perception

by Celia Wolf-Devine and Assistant Professor Celia Wolf-Devine B.A. M.A. Ph.D.

In this first book-length examination of the Cartesian theory of visual perception, Celia Wolf-Devine explores the many philosophical implications of Descartes' theory, concluding that he ultimately failed to provide a completely mechanistic theory of visual perception.

Wolf-Devine traces the development of Descartes' thought about visual perception against the backdrop of the transition from Aristotelianism to the new mechanistic science--the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809318385
• ISBN13: 9780809318384
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"