Bright colors falsely seen : synaesthesia and the search for transcendental knowledge /

In a conversation with his physician, a nineteenth-century resident of Paris who lived near the railroad described sensations of brilliant color generated by the sounds of trains passing in the night. This patient - a synaesthete - experienced "color hearing" for letters, words, and most s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dann, Kevin T., 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1998.
Subjects:
Synesthesia.
Consciousness.
Consciousness
Synesthésie.
Conscience.
PSYCHOLOGY > Physiological Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology.
Synästhesie
Synesthesie.
Esthetische ervaring.
Transcendentie.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From un Truc to occult truth: the fascination with synaesthesia in Fin de siecle France
  • A transcendental language of color: synaesthesia and the astral world
  • The meaning of synaesthesia is meaning
  • Sensory unity before the fall: synaesthesia, eideticism, and the loss of Eden
  • The gift: Vladimir Nabokov's eidetic technique
  • Conclusion: the redemption of thinking.

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