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OverviewOne 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 our capacity to perceive space, over the retinal mechanisms that mediate color sensations, and over the role of mind, experience, and inference in vision. Here R. Steven Turner explores the impassioned exchanges of those rival schools, both to illuminate the clash of theory and to explore the larger role of controversy in the development of science. Controversy, he suggests, is constitutive of scientific change, and he uses the Helmholtz-Hering dispute to illustrate how polemics and tacit negotiation shape evolving theoretical stances. Turner focuses on the arguments and issues of the dispute, issues that ranged from the interpretation of color blindness and optical illusions to the therapeutic practices of clinical ophthalmology.As well, he focuses on the personalities, institutions, disciplinary structures, and methodological commitments that shaped the dispute, including the schools' rhetorical strategies. He explores the incommensurability of the protagonists' viewpoints and examines the reception of the theories and the changing fortunes of the schools. Finally, Turner traces the controversy into the twentieth century, where the issues continue to inform the study of vision today. Originally published in 1994. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Full Product DetailsAuthor: R. Steven TurnerPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Volume: 4458 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.652kg ISBN: 9780691632216ISBN 10: 0691632219 Pages: 358 Publication Date: 19 April 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsList of Figures and TablesPreface and AcknowledgmentsCh. 1Introduction3Ch. 2Physiological Optics from Wheatstone to Helmholtz10Ch. 3Helmholtz on Spatial Perception35Ch. 4Hering on Spatial Perception54Ch. 5The Nativist-Empiricist Controversy Begins68Ch. 6Helmholtz Light and Color95Ch. 7Hering on Light and Color115Ch. 8Core Sets and Partisans139Ch. 9The Nativist-Empiricist Debate, 1870-1925156Ch. 10Color Vision Controversies, 1875-90176Ch. 11Color Vision Controversies, 1890-1915196Ch. 12The Roots of Incommensurability218Ch. 13Controversy and Disciplinary Structure235Ch. 14In Search of Denouement: The Twentieth Century261Appendix281Notes289References and Abbreviations299Index329ReviewsTurner has clearly done his homework and--unlike many people who write on the history of colour vision--has read the original texts. He understands the issues and the methods used in studying them, and does an excellent job of defining the jargon of the era, which is often comprehensible only in context. --Nature Turner has clearly done his homework and--unlike many people who write on the history of colour vision--has read the original texts. He understands the issues and the methods used in studying them, and does an excellent job of defining the jargon of the era, which is often comprehensible only in context. --Nature """Turner has clearly done his homework and--unlike many people who write on the history of colour vision--has read the original texts. He understands the issues and the methods used in studying them, and does an excellent job of defining the jargon of the era, which is often comprehensible only in context.""--Nature" Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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