Seeing with the hands: blindness, vision and touch after Descartes

"Through an unfolding historical, philosophical and literary narrative that includes Locke, Molyneux and Berkeley in Britain, and Diderot, Voltaire and Buffon in France, this book explores how the Molyneux Question and its aftermath has influenced attitudes towards blindness by the sighted, and...

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Beteilige Person: Paterson, Mark 1972- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2016]
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Zusammenfassung:"Through an unfolding historical, philosophical and literary narrative that includes Locke, Molyneux and Berkeley in Britain, and Diderot, Voltaire and Buffon in France, this book explores how the Molyneux Question and its aftermath has influenced attitudes towards blindness by the sighted, and sensory substitution technologies for the blind and vision impaired, to this day."
Umfang:viii, 228 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781474405317
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