Theories Of Vision From Al Kindi To Kepler
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Theories Of Vision From Al Kindi To Kepler
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Author : David C. Lindberg
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1976
Theories Of Vision From Al Kindi To Kepler written by David C. Lindberg and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Medical categories.
Kepler's successful solution to the problem of vision early in the seventeenth century was a theoretical triumph as significant as many of the more celebrated developments of the scientific revolution. Yet the full import of Kepler's arguments can be grasped only when they are viewed against the background of ancient, medieval, and Renaissance visual theory. David C. Lindberg provides this background, and in doing so he fills the gap in historical scholarship and constructs a model for tracing the development of scientific ideas. David C. Lindberg is professor and chairman of the department of the history of science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Theories Of Vision From Al Kindi To Kepler
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Author : David Charles Lindberg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Theories Of Vision From Al Kindi To Kepler written by David Charles Lindberg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with categories.
Vision And Blindness In Film
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Author : Dago Schelin
language : en
Publisher: Büchner-Verlag
Release Date : 2019-02-13
Vision And Blindness In Film written by Dago Schelin and has been published by Büchner-Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-13 with Social Science categories.
In order to understand "vision", we have to look into concepts of blindness, both diegetically in typical film characters and in the representation of sight or lack thereof. A critical-historical investigation into theories of vision shows that the way we understand visuality today – scientifically and culturally – is very different from pre-modern notions and practices. In this book, Dago Schelin questions categories such as active and passive vision, tactile visuality, as well as blind vision, and discusses them alongside a variety of movies that deal with vision and blindness. Is there a connection between the filmmaker's gaze and an older pre-Keplerian ontology of vision? What is the role of sound in vision? Are our eyes mere camcorders or might they be projectors? These and other questions comprise the fascinating journey on which this study embarks.
Stumbling Blocks Before The Blind
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Author : Edward Wheatley
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2010-04-27
Stumbling Blocks Before The Blind written by Edward Wheatley and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-27 with History categories.
Early attitudes toward blindness in France and England, and the light those responses shed on contemporary attitudes toward disability
Al Kindi
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Author : Peter Adamson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006-12-22
Al Kindi written by Peter Adamson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-12-22 with Religion categories.
Al-Kindi was the first philosopher of the Islamic world. He lived in Iraq and studied in Baghdad, where he became attached to the caliphal court. In due course he would become an important figure at court: a tutor to the caliph's son, and a central figure in the translation movement of the ninth century, which rendered much of Greek philosophy, science, and medicine into Arabic. Al-Kindi's wide-ranging intellectual interests included not only philosophy but also music, astronomy, mathematics, and medicine. Through deep engagement with Greek tradition al-Kindi developed original theories on key issues in the philosophy of religion, metaphysics, physical science, and ethics. He is especially known for his arguments against the world's eternity, and his innovative use of Greek ideas to explore the idea of God's unity and transcendence. Despite al-Kindi's historical and philosophical importance no book has presented a complete, in-depth look at his thought until now. In this accessible introduction to al-Kindi's works, Peter Adamson surveys what is known of his life and examines his method and his attitude towards the Greek tradition, as well as his subtle relationship with the Muslim intellectual culture of his day. Above all the book focuses on explaining and evaluating the ideas found in al-Kindi's wide-ranging philosophical corpus, including works devoted to science and mathematics. Throughout, Adamson writes in language that is both serious and engaging, academic and approachable. This book will be of interest to experts in the field, but it requires no knowledge of Greek or Arabic, and is also aimed at non-experts who are simply interested in one of the greatest of Islamic philosophers.
Tradition Transmission Transformation
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Author : Ragep
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-09-20
Tradition Transmission Transformation written by Ragep and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-20 with Architecture categories.
In this volume of conference papers originally presented at the University of Oklahoma, a distinguished group of scholars examines episodes in the transmission of premodern science and provides new insights into its cultural, philosophical and historical significance.
Early Modern Eyes
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Author : Walter Simon Melion
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2010
Early Modern Eyes written by Walter Simon Melion and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Medical categories.
Drawing on optic theory, ethnography, and the visual cultures of Christianity, this volume explores various discourses of vision in early modern Europe and the colonial Americas.
Anglo Saxon England Volume 35
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Author : Malcolm Godden
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2008-01-17
Anglo Saxon England Volume 35 written by Malcolm Godden and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-17 with History categories.
Anglo-Saxon England is the only publication which consistently embraces all the main aspects of study of Anglo-Saxon history and culture - linguistic, literary, textual, palaeographic, religious, intellectual, historical, archaeological and artistic - and which promotes the more unusual interests - in music or medicine or education, for example. Articles in volume 35 include: Record of the twelfth conference of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists at Bavarian-American Centre, University of Munich, 1-6 August 2005; Virgil the Grammarian and Bede: a preliminary study; Knowledge of whelk dyes and pigments in Anglo-Saxon England; The representation of the mind as an enclosure in Old English poetry; The origin of the numbered sections in Beowulf and in other Old English poems; An ethnic dating of Beowulf; Hrothgar's horses: feral or thoroughbred?; 'thelthryth of Ely in a lost calendar from Munich; Alfred's epistemological metaphors: eagan modes and scip modes; Bibliography for 2005.
Mirrors Of The Divine
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Author : Emily R. Cain
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2023-01-30
Mirrors Of The Divine written by Emily R. Cain and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-30 with Religion categories.
Mirrors of the Divine brings into focus how four influential authors of the late ancient world--Tertullian of Carthage, Clement of Alexandria, Gregory of Nyssa, and Augustine of Hippo--employ language of vision and of mirrors in their discursive struggles to construct Christian agency, identity, and epistemology. Early Christian authors described the vision of God through the Pauline verse 1 Corinthians 13:12: "For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face." Yet each author interpreted this verse differently, based on a diverse set of assumptions about how they understood seeing and mirrors to function: does vision occur by something leaving or entering the eye? Is one impacted by seeing or by being seen? Do mirrors offer trustworthy knowledge? Spanning the second through fourth centuries CE in both Eastern and Western Christianity, Mirrors of the Divine analyzes these four authors' theological writings on vision and knowledge of God to explore how contradictory theories of sight shaped their cosmologies, theologies, subjectivities, genders, and discursive worlds. As Emily R. Cain demonstrates, how the authors portray eyes reveals how they envisioned one's relationship to the world, while how they portray mirrors reveals how they imagined the unknown. Both have dramatic impacts on how one interprets what it means to see God through a mirror dimly. She shows that arguments about the phenomenon of visual perception are deeply intertwined with broader debates about identity, agency, and epistemology, and uncovers some of the most self-conscious ways that late ancient Christians thought of themselves, their worlds, and their God.
The Alchemy Of Light
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Author : Urszula Szulakowska
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2000
The Alchemy Of Light written by Urszula Szulakowska and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
This re-examination of alchemical engravings of the late Renaissance uses an innovative semiotic method in analysing their geometrical and optical rhetorical devices. The images are contextualised within contemporary metaphysics, specifically, the discourse of light, and in Protestant reformism.