Bálint’s syndrome, Object Seeing, and Spatial Perception

Mind and Language 33 (3):221-241 (2018)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Ordinary cases of object seeing involve the visual perception of space and spatial location. But does seeing an object require such spatial perception? An empirical challenge to the idea that it does comes from reflection upon Bálint's syndrome, for some suppose that in Bálint's syndrome subjects can see objects without seeing space or spatial location. In this article, I question whether the empirical evidence available to us adequately supports this understanding of Bálint's syndrome, and explain how the aforementioned empirical challenge can be resisted.

Author's Profile

Craig French
Nottingham University

Analytics

Added to PP
2017-04-24

Downloads
709 (#19,244)

6 months
137 (#20,446)

Historical graph of downloads since first upload
This graph includes both downloads from PhilArchive and clicks on external links on PhilPapers.
How can I increase my downloads?