Sight And Touch: An Attempt to Disprove the Received (Or Berkeleian) Theory of Vision
Sight And Touch: An Attempt to Disprove the Received (Or Berkeleian) Theory of Vision
Abbott, Thomas Kingsmill, 1829-1913
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Gesellsch. zu Leipzig/* 1852, p. 122. t Ibid, p. 125. Compare Fechner, Leipz. Berichte, 1858, p. 75. 72 SIGHT AND TOUCH. sation of those parts of the skin which are pressed, extended, or contracted. Accordingly they remark that the friction of our clothing is a considerable aid in judging of our motions, especially if it is close fitting. When wearing boots, &c., with which we are not familiar, we are less certain of our move* ments ; and this is more noticeable in riding, as the eye does not t...hen control om* judgment.* The preceding considerations are sufficient to show that Mr, Bain's theory is altogether untenable. The fact is however that even if it were demonstrably true, it would not help us in the solution of the problem which it was framed to solve. The problem is to account for the perception of distance from ourselves and specially from the eye ; for it is a fact which must not be forgotten that it is distance from the eye which is apprehended by sight. Now all external objects, we are told, appear to the eye as in contact with it, or at least at no distance from it.
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