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1、PerceptionandIllusionHistoricalPerspectivesLibraryoftheHistoryofPsychologicalTheoriesSeriesEditor:RobertW.Rieber,CityUniversityofNewYork,NewYork,NYPERCEPTIONANDILLUSIONHistoricalPerspectivesNicholasJ.WadeAcontinuationOrderPlanisavailableforthisseries.Acontinuationorderwillbringdeliveryofeachnew

2、volumeimmediatelyuponpublication.Volumesarebilledonlyuponactualshipment.Forfurtherinformationpleasecontactthepublisher.PerceptionandIllusionHistoricalPerspectivesNicholasJ.WadeUniversityofDundeeDundee,UnitedKingdomSpringereBookISBN:0-387-22723-7PrintISBN:0-387-22722-9©2005SpringerScience+Busine

3、ssMedia,Inc.Print©2005SpringerScience+BusinessMedia,Inc.DordrechtAllrightsreservedNopartofthiseBookmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,recording,orotherwise,withoutwrittenconsentfromthePublisherCreatedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaVisitSpringer'seBookstoreat:http

4、://ebooks.kluweronline.comandtheSpringerGlobalWebsiteOnlineat:http://www.springeronline.comToDaisyandSamThispageintentionallyleftblankPrefaceOurcontactwiththeworldisthroughperception,andthereforethestudyoftheprocessisofobviousimportanceandsignificance.Formuchofitslonghistory,thestudyofperception

5、hasbeenconfinedtonaturalis-ticobservation.Nonetheless,thephenomenaconsideredworthyofnotehavenotbeenthosethatnurtureoursurvival—theveridicalfeaturesofperception—buttheodditiesordeparturesfromthecommonandcom-monplaceaccuraciesofperception.Withthemovefromthenaturalworldtothelaboratorytheodditiesofp

6、erceptionmultiplied,andtheyreceivedevermoredetailedscrutiny.Mygeneralintentionistoexaminetheinterpretationsofthepercep-tualprocessanditserrorsthroughouthistory.Theemphasisonerrorsofperceptionmightappeartobeanarrowapproach,butinfactitencom-passesvirtuallyallperceptualresearchfromtheancientsuntil

7、thepresent.Theconstanciesofperceptionhavebeentakenforgrantedwhereasde-parturesfromconstancies(errorsorillusions)havefosteredfascination.Philosophicalapproachestoperceptionhavebeenbasedonobservations,anditisthelatterthatareatthefor