The natural and the normative: Theories of spatial perception from Kant to Helmholtz: Gary Hatfield, (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1990), xii + 366 pp. ISBN 0-262-08086-9 Cloth $35.00

Two philosophers on the history of theor

Two philosophers on the history of theories of visual perception. Margaret Atherton. Bkeley's revolution in vision. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1990, xii + 249. $29.95 (cloth). Gary Hatfield. The natural and the normative: Theories of spatial perception from Kant to Helmholtz. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1990. xxi + 366. $35.00 (cloth)

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Atherton's book examines Berkeley's theory of vision which Berkeley set forth in his Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision (1709).' Part One of the book develops Descartes' and Malebranche's "geometric theory of vision," Part Two focuses on Berkeley's theory, and the concluding Part Three discusses t