In the eye's mind : vision and the Helmholtz-Hering controversy /

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One of the most persistent controversies of modern science has dealt with human visual perception. It erupted in Germany during the 1860s as a dispute between physiologists Hermann von Helmholtz, Ewald Hering, and their schools. Well into the twentieth century these groups warred over the origins of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Turner, R. Steven (Roy Steven), 1944- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1994]
Colección:Princeton legacy library
Temas:
Helmholtz, Hermann von, > 1821-1894.
Hering, Ewald, > 1834-1918.
1800-1899
Visual perception > History > 19th century.
Visual perception.
Research > history
Vision, Ocular > physiology
Visual Perception
Perception visuelle > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Perception visuelle.
visual perception.
MEDICAL > History.
MEDICAL > Physiology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Chapter One. Introduction
  • Chapter Two. Physiological Optics from Wheatstone to Helmholtz
  • Chapter Three. Helmholtz on Spatial Perception
  • Chapter Four. Hering on Spatial Perception
  • Chapter Five. The Nativist-Empiricist Controversy Begins
  • Chapter Six. Helmholtz on Light and Color
  • Chapter Seven. Hering on Light and Color
  • Chapter Eight. Core Sets and Partisans
  • Chapter Nine. The Nativist-Empiricist Debate, 1870-1925
  • Chapter Ten. Color Vision Controversies, 1875-90
  • Chapter Eleven. Color Vision Controversies, 1890-1915
  • Chapter Twelve. The Roots of Incommensurability
  • Chapter Thirteen. Controversy and Disciplinary Structure
  • Chapter Fourteen. In Search of Denouement: The Twentieth Century
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References and Abbreviations
  • Index.

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