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Space-Perception and the Philosophy of Science

Patrick A. Heelan
Drawing on the phenomenological tradition in the philosophy of science and philosophy of nature, Patrick Heelan concludes that perception is a cognitive, world-building act, and is therefore never absolute or finished.


Drawing on the phenomenological tradition in the philosophy of science and philosophy of nature, Patrick Heelan concludes that perception is a cognitive, world-building act, and is therefore never absolute or finished.

Patrick A. Heelan is Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.