Sight: An Exposition of the Principles of Monocular and Binocular Vision
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*Sight: An Exposition of the Principles of Monocular and Binocular Vision* is a 19th-century scientific treatise by geologist and educator Joseph LeConte that analyzes the physiological and psychological mechanisms underlying human visual perception with one and both eyes.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13075052 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sight: An Exposition of the Principles of Monocular and Binocular Vision Context triple: [Joseph LeConte, notableWork, Sight: An Exposition of the Principles of Monocular and Binocular Vision]
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A.
Handbuch der physiologischen Optik
Handbuch der physiologischen Optik is a foundational 19th-century treatise on physiological optics that systematically integrated experimental physics and physiology to explain human vision.
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B.
An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision
An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision is a philosophical treatise by George Berkeley that explores how we perceive distance, size, and spatial properties through vision, arguing that such perceptions are learned rather than innate.
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C.
The Sense of Sight
"The Sense of Sight" is a Baroque genre painting by Flemish artist Theodoor Rombouts, depicting figures engaged in activities that emphasize and allegorize the human sense of vision.
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D.
On Vision and Colors
On Vision and Colors is Arthur Schopenhauer’s early philosophical treatise that expands and critiques Goethe’s color theory by offering a metaphysical and physiological account of human color perception.
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E.
An Account of Some Cases of the Production of Colours
"An Account of Some Cases of the Production of Colours" is a scientific paper by Thomas Young that presents key experimental evidence for the wave theory of light and explains color phenomena through interference.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sight: An Exposition of the Principles of Monocular and Binocular Vision Target entity description: *Sight: An Exposition of the Principles of Monocular and Binocular Vision* is a 19th-century scientific treatise by geologist and educator Joseph LeConte that analyzes the physiological and psychological mechanisms underlying human visual perception with one and both eyes.
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A.
Handbuch der physiologischen Optik
Handbuch der physiologischen Optik is a foundational 19th-century treatise on physiological optics that systematically integrated experimental physics and physiology to explain human vision.
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B.
An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision
An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision is a philosophical treatise by George Berkeley that explores how we perceive distance, size, and spatial properties through vision, arguing that such perceptions are learned rather than innate.
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C.
The Sense of Sight
"The Sense of Sight" is a Baroque genre painting by Flemish artist Theodoor Rombouts, depicting figures engaged in activities that emphasize and allegorize the human sense of vision.
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D.
On Vision and Colors
On Vision and Colors is Arthur Schopenhauer’s early philosophical treatise that expands and critiques Goethe’s color theory by offering a metaphysical and physiological account of human color perception.
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E.
An Account of Some Cases of the Production of Colours
"An Account of Some Cases of the Production of Colours" is a scientific paper by Thomas Young that presents key experimental evidence for the wave theory of light and explains color phenomena through interference.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
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| instanceOf |
book
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nonfiction work ⓘ scientific treatise ⓘ |
| analyzes |
physiological mechanisms of vision
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psychological mechanisms of vision ⓘ |
| author | Joseph LeConte ⓘ |
| centuryOfPublication | 1800s ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
history of physiological optics
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history of psychology ⓘ history of vision science ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| field |
optics
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physiology ⓘ psychology ⓘ vision science ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
visual perception with both eyes
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visual perception with one eye ⓘ |
| genre | scientific literature ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th-century science ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
educators
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scientists ⓘ students of vision ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Joseph LeConte ⓘ |
| topic |
binocular vision
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depth perception ⓘ human visual perception ⓘ monocular vision ⓘ physiological optics ⓘ psychology of perception ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Sight: An Exposition of the Principles of Monocular and Binocular Vision Description of subject: *Sight: An Exposition of the Principles of Monocular and Binocular Vision* is a 19th-century scientific treatise by geologist and educator Joseph LeConte that analyzes the physiological and psychological mechanisms underlying human visual perception with one and both eyes.
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Joseph LeConte
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notableWork
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Sight: An Exposition of the Principles of Monocular and Binocular Vision
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