Seeing Dark Things
The Philosophy of Shadows
Sorensen, Roy Professor of Philosophy, Dartmouth College
Print publication date: 2008 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2008
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-532657-4
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195326574.003.0011
 

Roy Sorensen
All shadows are holes in the light. Therefore, recent psychology on the visual perception of holes generalizes to shadows. Some holes in the light are not due to light blockage. These dark patches are distinguished from shadows.
Keywords: holes, visual perception
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195326574.003.0011
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