CHAPTER XX.

THE PERCEPTION OF SPACE

The feeling of crude extensity. The perception of spatial order.

Space-'relations'. The meaning of localization. 'Local

signs'. The construction of 'real' space. The subdivision

of the original sense-spaces. The sensation of motion over

surfaces. The measurement of the sense-spaces by each other.

Their summation. Feelings of movement in joints. Feelings

of muscular contraction. Summary so far. How the blind

perceive space. Visual space. Helmholtz and Reid on the

test of a sensation. The theory of identical points. The

theory of projection. Ambiguity of retinal impressions;--of

eye-movements. The choice of the visual reality. Sensations

which we ignore. Sensations which seem suppressed. Discussion

of Wundt's and Helmholtz's reasons for denying that retinal sensations

are of extension. Summary. Historical remarks.

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