Contemporary arguments For a geometry of visual experience

Meadows, P. (2009) Contemporary arguments For a geometry of visual experience. European Journal of Philosophy, 19 (3). pp. 408-430. ISSN 0966-8373

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Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0378.2009.00387.x

Abstract

In this paper I consider recent attempts to establish that the geometry of visual experience is a spherical geometry. These attempts, offered by Gideon Yaffe, James van Cleve and Gordon Belot, follow Thomas Reid in arguing for an equivalency of a geometry of ‘visibles’ and spherical geometry. I argue that although the proposed equivalency is successfully established by the strongest form of the argument, this does not warrant any conclusion about the geometry of visual experience. I argue, firstly, that the resistance of this contemporary argument to empirical considerations counts against its plausibility. Moreover, I argue that the contemporary approach provides no compelling reason for supposing that the geometry offered as the geometry of ‘visibles’ is the correct geometrical description of visual experience

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	geometry, visual experience
Faculty/Department:	Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education > Department of Arts
ID Code:	17759
Deposited By:	Dr P. Meadows
Deposited On:	09 Nov 2012 12:18
Last Modified:	25 Feb 2013 15:30