Handbook of Experimental Phenomenology

While the scientific study of vision is well-advanced, a universal theory of qualitative visual appearances (texture, shape, colour and so on) is still lacking. This interdisciplinary handbook presents the work of leading researchers around the world who have taken up the challenge of defining and formalizing the field of experimental phenomenology'. Presents and discusses a new perspective in vision science, and formalizes a field of study that will become increasingly significant to researchers in visual science and beyond The contributors are outstanding scholars in their fields with impeccable academic credentials, including Jan J. Koenderink, Irving Biederman, Donald Hoffmann, Steven Zucker and Nikos Logothetis Divided into five parts: Linking Psychophysics and Qualities; Qualities in Space, Time and Motion; Appearances; Measurement and Qualities; Science and Aesthetics of Appearances Each chapter will have the same structure consisting of: topic overview; historical roots; debate; new perspective; methods; results and recent developments

While the scientific study of vision is well-advanced, a universaltheory of qualitative visual appearances (texture, shape, colourand so on) is still lacking. This interdisciplinary handbookpresents the work of leading researchers around the world who havetaken up the challenge of defining and formalizing the field of'experimental phenomenology'.* Presents and discusses a new perspective in vision science, andformalizes a field of study that will become increasinglysignificant to researchers in visual science and beyond* The contributors are outstanding scholars in their fields withimpeccable academic credentials, including Jan J. KoenderinkIrving Biederman, Donald Hoffmann, Steven Zucker and NikosLogothetis* Divided into five parts: Linking Psychophysics and Qualities;Qualities in Space, Time and Motion; Appearances; Measurement andQualities; Science and Aesthetics of Appearances* Each chapter will have the same structure consisting of: topicoverview; historical roots; debate; new perspective; methods;results and recent developments

About the Editor viiAbout the Contributors ixPreface xiiiExperimental Phenomenology: An Introduction 1Liliana AlbertazziPart I Linking Psychophysics and Qualities 371 Inferential and Ecological Theories of Visual Perception 39Joseph S. Lappin2 Public Objects and Private Qualia: The Scope and Limits ofPsychophysics 71Donald D. Hoffman3 The Attribute of Realness and the Internal Organization ofPerceptual Reality 91Rainer Mausfeld4 Multistable Visual Perception as a Gateway to the NeuronalCorrelates of Phenomenal Consciousness: The Scope and Limits ofNeuroscientifi c Analysis 119Theofanis I. Panagiotaropoulos and Nikos K. Logothetis5 Phenomenal Qualities and the Development of PerceptualIntegration 145Mariann Hudák, Zoltan Jakab, and Ilona KovácsPart II Qualities in Space, Time, and Motion 1636 Surface Shape, the Science and the Looks 165Jan J. Koenderink7 Experimental Phenomenology of Visual 3D Space: Considerationsfrom Evolution, Perception, and Philosophy 181Dhanraj Vishwanath8 Spatial and Form-Giving Qualities of Light 205Sylvia C. Pont9 Image Motion and the Appearance of Objects 223Katja Dörschner10 The Role of Stimulus Properties and Cognitive Processes inthe Quality of the Multisensory Perception of Synchrony 243Argiro VatakisPart III Appearances 26511 Appearances From a Radical Standpoint 267Liliana Albertazzi12 How Attention Can Alter Appearances 291Peter U. Tse, Eric A. Reavis, Peter J. Kohler, Gideon P.Caplovitz, and Thalia Wheatley13 Illusion and Illusoriness: New Perceptual Issues and NewPhenomena 317Baingio Pinna14 Qualitative Inference Rules for Perceptual Transparency343Osvaldo Da Pos and Luigi Burigana15 The Perceptual Quality of Color 369Anya Hurlbert16 The Aesthetic Appeal of Visual Qualities 395Gert van Tonder and Branka SpeharPart IV Measurement and Qualities 41517 Psychophysical and Neural Correlates of the Phenomenology ofShape 417Irving Biederman18 What Are Intermediate-Level Visual Features? 437Steven W. Zucker19 Basic Colors and Image Features: The Case for an Analogy449Lewis D. Griffin20 Measuring the Immeasurable: Quantitative Analyses ofPerceptual Experiments 477Luisa Canal and Rocco Micciolo21 The Non-Accidentalness Principle for Visual Perception499Agnès Desolneux, Lionel Moisan, and Jean-MichelMorelName Index 515Subject Index 529