Form, perspective and perception: is it the soul that sees and not the body?
Keywords:
perception, soul, body, phenomenology.
Abstract
In this paper I try to explore two models of vision, one of them is supported by the distinction between soul and body, the other instead proposes an embodied perceptual subject. The first model of vision is developed by R. Descartes on his writings about Optic, whereas the second model has, as its most clear representative, the French philosopher M. Merleau-Ponty. I would focus on a phenomenological description of the experiences of seeing, which are promoted by each model. IDownloads
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2013-11-28
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Battán Horenstein A. (2013). Form, perspective and perception: is it the soul that sees and not the body?. Escritura e Imagen, 9, 253-268. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ESIM.2013.v9.43545
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