Thursday, September 8, 2016

9/13 • Philosophy of Perception and Blindness


Readings for class on Tues 9/13:

1. Oliver Sacks, "The Mind's Eye"

2. Oliver Sacks, "To See and not to See" (Note: This second paper is a bit longer. If you don't have time, just read the first couple of pages.)

Recommended: Talk by John Hull, the theologist from Oliver Sack's essay "The Mind's Eye" who speaks of "whole-body perception."

Recommended: 
If you want more information from Oliver Sacks about the diversity of ways we can perceive reality.







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