Form without Matter

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Empedocles and Aristotle on Color Perception

Mark Eli Kalderon (University College London)

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English

Oxford University Press
22 January 2015

Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Perception

Mark Eli Kalderon presents an original study in the philosophy of perception written in the medium of historiography. He considers the phenomenology and metaphysics of sensory presentation through the examination of an ancient aporia. Specifically, he argues that a puzzle about perception at a distance is behind Empedocles' theory of vision. Empedocles conceives of perception as a mode of material assimilation, but this raises a puzzle about color vision, since color vision seems to present colors that inhere in distant objects. But if the colors inhere in distant objects how can they be taken in by the organ of sight and so be palpable to sense? Aristotle purports to resolve this puzzle in his definition of perception as the assimilation of sensible form without the matter of the perceived particular. Aristotle explicitly criticizes Empedocles, though he is keen to retain the idea that perception is a mode of assimilation, if not a material mode. Aristotle's notorious definition has long puzzled commentators. Kalderon shows how, read in light of Empedoclean puzzlement about the sensory presentation of remote objects, Aristotle's definition of perception can be better understood. Moreover, when so read, the resulting conception of perception is both attractive and defensible.

By: Mark Eli Kalderon (University College London)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 168mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 512g
ISBN: 9780198717904
ISBN 10: 0198717903
Pages: 234
Publication Date: 22 January 2015
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mark Eli Kalderon is a Professor of Philosophy at University College London. He received his PhD from Princeton in 1995. His most recent work concerns color and the nature of perception. He is the author of Moral Fictionalism (OUP, 2005), and editor of Fictionalism in Metaphysics (OUP, 2005).

Reviews for Form without Matter: Empedocles and Aristotle on Color Perception

A book of great value to students of Aristotle's theory of perception-especially students who are also interested in contemporary work on perception. Philosophers of perception who do not have a strong antecedent interest in Aristotle will find material of value as well. * Gregory Salmieri, Journal of the History of Philosophy * ...thought-provoking as well as refreshing... * Katerina Ierodiakonou, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online *