On Blindness: Letters Between Bryan Magee and Martin Milligan

by Martin Milligan and Bryan Magee

Book Overview

For three centuries, philosophers have held that knowledge derives from experience. If so, it may be possible that blind people, lacking an important component of experience--visual perception--know the world in ways that differ from the rest of us. Curious about this possibility, the noted philosopher, author, and BBC host Bryan Magee began to correspond with Martin Milligan, Dean of the Philosophy Department at the University of Leeds, and himself...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198235437
• ISBN13: 9780198235439
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"