Discussion: Berkeley's New Theory of Vision

Journal of the History of Ideas 17 (1):127-129 (1956)
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Most of the New Theory of Vision is an argument for a negative answer to Molyneux's question.// re primacy of vision in spatial perception: "most rational philosopher on this topic is Berkeley, whose New Theory of Vision presents in cogent detail the argument" (from Bennett 1966, p. 30, in note cites 41ff.).// Berkeley's criticisms of Locke: "If we really abstract from colour and hardness and all that 'belongs to sensation', so far from being left with 'pure' notions of extension and figure, we are left with nothing but words emptied of meaning" (from Strawson 1966, p. 61)

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