Wittgenstein and the theory of perception / Justin Good.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Good, Justin.

Series:

Continuum studies in British philosophy.

Continuum studies in British philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perception (Philosophy).

Psychology--Philosophy.

Psychology.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this study of Wittgenstein's later work on the philosophy of psychology, his cryptic remarks on visual meaning and the analysis of the concept of perception are used as a basis for a new approach to the philosophical study of perception. Justin Good analyses a host of issues in contemporary philosophy of mind and visual studies, including the concepts of visual meaning, visual qualia and the ineffability of visual experience. The larger aim of Wittgenstein and the Theory of Perception is to demonstrate a way to appreciate cutting-edge theoretical work on perception while at the same time gr

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: Towards a grammar of sight; 1 The concept of seeing; 2 Theories of visual meaning; 3 The experience and expression of sight; 4 Causality and visual form; 5 Aesthetic experience; Epilogue: Wittgenstein as an ecologist of meaning; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-183) and index.

ISBN:

9786611295257

9781281295255

1281295256

9781847142009

1847142001

OCLC:

319491674