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Seeing: In philosophy, the following questions related to seeing are interesting. The nature of perception, the relationship between perception and knowledge, the role of vision in human experience. See also Perception, Sensory impressions, Experience, Knowledge, Art, Artworks, Aesthetics, Aesthetic perception._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Ian Hacking on Seeing - Dictionary of Arguments
I 309 ff Seeing/microscope/Hacking: We see diffraction instead of refraction, therefore, this is not "proper seeing". The resolution into two separate images does not turn them into real dioptric images. I 314 Different from this: using a telescope is proper seeing. >Observation, >Method. I 317 Microscope: with the microscope there is a stronger interaction (coloring, etc.). I 318 But you do not need a theory to use a microscope, just to build it. I 334 We need biochemistry to use our microscope. I 346 Microscope: in the case of the microscope we do not talk about "seeing". Nevertheless this is not a petitio principii, we are convinced that the structures are in place. I 437 The elimination of faults is not an improvement in the theory. >Progress, >Theories. I 324 View/vision/seeing/theory/explanation/Hacking: what you see is best explained by the Fourier analysis - but you do not need the explanation to see. >Explanations, >Best Explanation._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Hacking I I. Hacking Representing and Intervening. Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science, Cambridge/New York/Oakleigh 1983 German Edition: Einführung in die Philosophie der Naturwissenschaften Stuttgart 1996 |