Aspect Perception after Wittgenstein

Seeing-As and Novelty
Herausgeber: Beaney, Michael; Shaw, Dominic; Harrington, Brendan

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume brings together new essays that consider Wittgenstein's treatment of the phenomenon of aspect perception in relation to the broader idea of conceptual novelty; that is, the acquisition or creation of new concepts, and the application of an acquired understanding in unfamiliar or novel situations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9780367871499
• ISBN-10: 0367871491
• Artikelnr.: 58482664

Autorenporträt

Michael Beaney is Professor of Philosophy at the University of York. He is Editor of The British Journal for the History of Philosophy. Brendan Harrington holds a doctorate in Philosophy from the University of York (UK), and currently manages and facilitates group work within various mental health units of the UK prison system. Dominic Shaw holds a doctorate in Philosophy from the University of York (UK).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
Brendan Harrington
2. Wittgenstein, Seeing-As, and Novelty
William Child
3. Gombrich and the Duck-Rabbit
Robert Briscoe
4. Gestalt Perception and Seeing-As
Komarine Romdenh-Romluc
5. Aspect Perception and the History of Mathematics
Akihiro Kanamori
6. Seeing-As and Mathematical Creativity
Michael Beaney and Bob Clark
7. Prospective versus Retrospective Points of View in Theory of Inquiry:
Towards a Quasi-Kuhnian History of the Future
Thomas Nickles
8. Vision, Norm and Openness: Some Theories in Heidegger, Murdoch and
Aristotle
Denis Mcmanus