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Empiricist Theories of SpaceBerkeley’s Two Notions of Extension

Empiricist Theories of Space: Berkeley’s Two Notions of Extension [Berkeley’s theses on vision have been better accepted than those about the non-existence of matter. However, in spite of the success of his explanation of vision, his thesis on the non-existence of a visual space and the heterogeneity between ideas of sight and ideas of touch is far from having been unanimously accepted. On this specific point, many inconsistencies have been noted. Nevertheless, it is possible to reconcile these tensions by showing that, in his An Essay toward a New Theory of Vision, Berkeley describes two kinds of space that are different from one another in their relation to co-existence, succession and movement. An examination of these relations gives a clue to understanding the way in which Berkeley can at once admit and deny some sort of space for the ideas of sight.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Empiricist Theories of SpaceBerkeley’s Two Notions of Extension

Part of the Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Book Series (volume 54)
Editors: Berchielli, Laura
Berchielli, Laura
Empiricist Theories of Space — Nov 4, 2020
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Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
ISBN
978-3-030-57619-6
Pages
161 –186
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-57620-2_8
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[Berkeley’s theses on vision have been better accepted than those about the non-existence of matter. However, in spite of the success of his explanation of vision, his thesis on the non-existence of a visual space and the heterogeneity between ideas of sight and ideas of touch is far from having been unanimously accepted. On this specific point, many inconsistencies have been noted. Nevertheless, it is possible to reconcile these tensions by showing that, in his An Essay toward a New Theory of Vision, Berkeley describes two kinds of space that are different from one another in their relation to co-existence, succession and movement. An examination of these relations gives a clue to understanding the way in which Berkeley can at once admit and deny some sort of space for the ideas of sight.]

Published: Nov 4, 2020

Keywords: Berkeley; Heterogeneity; Space

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