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Seeing dark things the philosophy of shadows

Title
Seeing dark things [electronic resource] : the philosophy of shadows / Roy Sorensen.
Author
Sorensen, Roy A.
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Description
1 online resource (xiii, 310 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Seeing dark things (Online)
Alternative Title
Seeing dark things (Online)
Subject
  • Perception (Philosophy)
  • Shades and shadows
  • Causation
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-301) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
The eclipse riddle -- Seeing surfaces -- The disappearing act -- Spinning shadows -- Berkeley's shadow -- Para-reflections -- Para-refractions : shadowgrams and the black drop -- Goethe's colored shadows -- Filtows -- Holes in the light -- Black and blue -- Seeing in black and white -- We see in the dark -- Hearing silence.
LCCN
2007001267
OCLC
ssj0000089474
Author
Sorensen, Roy A.
Title
Seeing dark things [electronic resource] : the philosophy of shadows / Roy Sorensen.
Imprint
New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-301) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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