Title Perception and illusion : historical perspectives / Nicholas J. Wade.

Publication Info.	New York : Springer Science, [2005]
	©2005

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Description	1 online resource (xiv, 250 pages).
Series	Library of the history of psychological theories
	Library of the history of psychological theories.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-225)-and indexes.
Contents	Ch. 1 Recording observations -- Ch. 2 Nature of perceptual error -- Ch. 3 Nature of veridicality -- Ch. 4 Perception in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Ch. 5 Instrumental revolution in the nineteenth century -- Ch. 6 Response revolution in the nineteenth century -- Ch. 7 Fragmentation of the senses in the nineteenth century -- Ch. 8 Twentieth century: the multiplication of illusion.
Summary	This volume traces the history of thinking about perception from its early philosophical roots to the modern laboratory. Some of the questions it considers have been asked since antiquity - Is what we see the truth? Are everyone's perceptual experiences the same? What is the nature of infants' perception?
Note	Print version record.
	GMD: electronic resource.
Subject	Visual perception.
	Vision -- History.
	Visual Perception.
	Ophthalmology -- history.
	Optical Illusions.
	Optics -- history.
	PSYCHOLOGY -- Physiological Psychology.
	Vision. (OCoLC)fst01167852
	Visual perception. (OCoLC)fst01168049
	Visuele waarneming.
	Illusies.
	Clinical psychology.
	History of psychology.
	Visual perception.
	Vision -- History.
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Electronic books.
In:	Springer e-books
Other Form:	Print version: Wade, Nicholas. Perception and illusion. New York : Springer Science, ©2005 0387227229 (DLC) 2004056968 (OCoLC)56809865
ISBN	0387227237 (electronic bk.)
	9780387227238 (electronic bk.)

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