Seeing dark things : the philosophy of shadows /

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Shadows appear to be counterexamples to the causal theory of perception. After all, an absence of light cannot reflect light into our eyes. Roy Sorensen sets out to resolve this anomaly and to show how the causal theory solves a broad range of visual puzzles about dark things.

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Philosophy of shadows
1. Verfasser:
Sorensen, Roy A.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Zusammenfassung:
Shadows appear to be counterexamples to the causal theory of perception. After all, an absence of light cannot reflect light into our eyes. Roy Sorensen sets out to resolve this anomaly and to show how the causal theory solves a broad range of visual puzzles about dark things.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiii, 310 pages) : illustrations
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-301) and index.
ISBN:
0-19-988679-2
0-19-979713-7
1-281-16551-4
9786611165512
0-19-804375-9
1-4356-2041-0
Schlagworte:
Perception (Philosophy)
Shades and shadows.
Causation.
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