The nature of the visual field, a phenomenological analysis

Jan Koenderink; A.J. van Doorn; Johan Wagemans

doi:10.1016/j.patrec.2015.02.003

The nature of the visual field, a phenomenological analysis

Jan Koenderink^*, A.J. van Doorn, Johan Wagemans

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KU Leuven

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Abstract

Abstract The visual field is the spatial form of visual awareness, that is, immediate visual experience ignoring qualities and meanings. Such an entity only exists in the discursive representation, for the awareness as such is quality and meaning throughout. Thus the discursive, formal treatment is necessarily limited. We identify a number of important distinctions of a geometrical nature. This description is confronted with experimental phenomenology, that is the psychology of the Gestalt Schools, and with well known principles of artistic practice. We also trace the connections with biology, especially ethology, aesthetics, and the field of cognitive science based upon Cassirer's concept of symbolic forms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	71-79
Number of pages	9
Journal	Pattern Recognition Letters
Volume	64
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2015.02.003
Publication status	Published - 15 Oct 2015

Keywords

Gestalt
Perception
Psychogenesis
Symbolic forms
Visual awareness
Visual field

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