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Richardson, Louise (2010) Seeing empty space. European Journal of Philosophy, Vol.18 (No.2). pp. 227-243. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0378.2008.00341.x ISSN 0966-8373.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0378.2008.00341.x
Abstract
In this paper I offer an account of a particular variety of perception of absence, namely, visual perception of empty space. In so doing, I aim to make explicit the role that seeing empty space has, implicitly, in Mike Martin's account of the visual field. I suggest we should make sense of the claim that vision has a field-in Martin'ss sense-in terms of our being aware of its limitations or boundaries. I argue that the limits of the visual field are our own sensory limitations, and that we are aware of them as such. Seeing empty space, I argue, involves a structural feature of experience that constitutes our awareness of our visual sensory limitations, and thus, in virtue of which vision has a field.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | European Journal of Philosophy | ||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 0966-8373 | ||||
| Official Date: | June 2010 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.18 | ||||
| Number: | No.2 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 17 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 227-243 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1468-0378.2008.00341.x | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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