In The Eye'S Mind: Vision And The Helmholtz-Hering Controversy (Princeton Legacy Library, 227)

Turner focuses on the arguments and issues of the dispute, issues that ranged from the interpretation of color blindness and optical illusions to the therapeutic practices of clinical ophthalmology. As well, he focuses on the personalities, institutions, disciplinary structures, and methodological commitments that shaped the dispute, including the schools' rhetorical strategies. The work explores the incommensurability of the protagonists' viewpoints and examines the reception of the theories and the changing fortunes of the schools. Finally, the author traces the controversy into the twentieth century, where the issues of the dispute continue to inform the study of vision today.

• | Author: R. S. Turner
• | Publisher: Princeton University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 14, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 358 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 069160276X
• | ISBN-13: 9780691602769