A Finger in the Eye. The Touch According to J.J. Gibson and G. Révész
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Abstract
The article argues for the importance of rediscovering the variety of human senses for a materialist theory of mind and language. To this end, the essay proposes the reconstruction of a piece of cognitive science and its prehistory: the description of tactile perception by J.J. Gibson and the precursor of this analysis, namely the work of Hungarian psychologist G. Révész. This author discusses, among other things, a topic that is still completely open today: the relationship between blindness, aesthetic experience, and art.
Keywords
- Blindness
- Gestalt Psychology
- Gibson
- Révész
- Touch
