Perception and Illusion

Historical Perspectives
1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-1-4419-3557-1
Verlag: Springer Us

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 395 g

Reihe: Library of the History of Psychological Theories

Our contact with the world is through perception, and therefore the study of the process is of obvious importance and signi?cance. For much of its long history, the study of perception has been con?ned to natural- tic observation. Nonetheless, the phenomena considered worthy of note have not been those that nurture our survival—the veridical features of perception—but the oddities or departures from the common and c- monplace accuracies of perception. With the move from the natural world to the laboratory the oddities of perception multiplied, and they received ever more detailed scrutiny. My general intention is to examine the interpretations of the perc- tual process and its errors throughout history. The emphasis on errors of perception might appear to be a narrow approach, but in fact it enc- passes virtually all perceptual research from the ancients until the present. The constancies of perception have been taken for granted whereas - partures from constancies (errors or illusions) have fostered fascination.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wade, N J

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Geschichte der Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Wahrnehmung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Sachbuch

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Recording Observations.- Nature of Perceptual Error.- Nature of Veridicality.- Perception in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.- The Instrumental Revolution in the Nineteenth Century.- The Response Revolution in the Nineteenth Century.- The Fragmentation of the Senses in the Nineteenth Century.- The Twentieth Century—The Multiplication of Illusion.- Conclusions.