And at last I see the light. In episode 64 of Overthink, Ellie and David discuss vision in the second installment of their ongoing series on the five senses. They discuss the prevalence of visual metaphors for knowledge, and why sight has historically been the most privileged of the senses. Ellie and David talk about the difference between Greek and Vedic approaches to vision and how culture and language can impact important aspects of the visual experience such as the ability to perceive the color blue.

Works Discussed

Hans Blumenberg, The Legitimacy of the Modern World
Guy Deutscher, Through the Language Glass
William Gladstone, Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age
Luce Irigaray, Elemental Passions
Martin Jay, Downcast Eyes, the Denigration of Vision in 20th Century French Thought
Hans Jonas, "The Nobility of Sight"
Hans Jonas, The Phenomenon of Life Toward a Philosophical Biology
Plato, The Theaetetus
Plato, The Republic
The Upanishads 

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