Historical and Philosophical Roots of Perception

Edward C. Carterette, Morton P. Friedman

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2014
• ISBN:
  9781483276373
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
• Index: Psychology

Handbook of Perception, Volume I: Historical and Philosophical Roots of Perception aims to bring together essential aspects of the very large, diverse, and widely scattered literature on human perception and to give a précis of the state of knowledge in every area of perception. This volume deals with the fundamentals of perceptual systems. The book begins with some philosophical problems of perception, of sense experience, of epistemology, and some questions on the philosophy of mind. It also considers the perceptual structure, association, attention, cognition and knowledge, consciousness and action. There are also chapters emphasizing several contemporary views of perception. Psychologists, biologists, and those interested in the study of human perception will find a book a good reference material.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Historical and Philosophical Roots of Perception
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
• FOREWORD
• PREFACE
• CONTENTS OF OTHER VOLUMES
• PART I: PHILOSOPHICAL ROOTS
• PART II: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF CONTEMPORARY PERCEPTION
• PART III: CONTEMPORARY VIEWS OF PERCEPTION
• AUTHOR INDEX
• SUBJECT INDEX