Aspect Perception after Wittgenstein

This volume brings together new essays that consider Wittgenstein's treatment of the phenomenon of aspect perception in relation to the broader idea of conceptual novelty; that is, the acquisition or creation of new concepts, and the application of an acquired understanding in unfamiliar or novel situations.

Michael Beaney is Professor of Philosophy at the University of York. He is Editor of The British Journal for the History of Philosophy. Brendan Harrington holds a doctorate in Philosophy from the University of York (UK), and currently manages and facilitates group work within various mental health units of the UK prison system. Dominic Shaw holds a doctorate in Philosophy from the University of York (UK).

- Introduction Brendan Harrington - Wittgenstein, Seeing-As, and Novelty William Child - Gombrich and the Duck-Rabbit Robert Briscoe - Gestalt Perception and Seeing-As Komarine Romdenh-Romluc - Aspect Perception and the History of Mathematics Akihiro Kanamori - Seeing-As and Mathematical Creativity Michael Beaney and Bob Clark - Prospective versus Retrospective Points of View in Theory of Inquiry: Towards a Quasi-Kuhnian History of the Future Thomas Nickles - Vision, Norm and Openness: Some Theories in Heidegger, Murdoch and Aristotle Denis Mcmanus