In this study of Wittgenstein's later work on the philosophy of psychology, his cryptic remarks on visual meaning and the analysis of the concept of perception are used as a basis for a new approach to the philosophical study of perception. Justin Good analyses a host of issues in contemporary philosophy of mind and visual studies, including the concepts of visual meaning, visual qualia and the ineffability of visual experience. The larger aim of Wittgenstein and the Theory of Perception is to demonstrate a way to appreciate cutting-edge theoretical work on perception while at the same time grasping the limits of such research.
Justin Good received his Ph.D. from Boston University in 2003 and currently teaches philosophy at Emerson College, Massachusetts. He is also an artist, sculptor and photographer who has exhibited in at least six places.
Introduction; Chapter One: What it means to see: A reading of Wittgenstein's discussion of the seeing aspects; Chapter Two: Theories of visual meaning: Epistemology of early vision research; Chapter Three: The experience and expression of sight: Subjectivity, ineffability and realism; Chapter Four: Causality and visual form: Naturalism and aesthetics in the study of perception; Epilogue: Wittgenstein's love of wisdom: Ethics as the ecology of meaning.
"'Ably and engagingly written, careful yet open-ended and creative, this book is the most thought-provoking work on Wittgenstein's concept of "seeing aspects" that I have read. I endorse its publication enthusiastically.' Juliet Floyd, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Boston University"
