Perception And Discourse

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The concepts and ideas of how we see, perceive and form an understanding of the world have been frequently explored, even before the inventions of the camera and photography. It’s therefore crucial to the question posed that this fundamental knowledge is attained to better support the more specialised presuppositions that revolve around the camera. Focusing on the likes of Descartes and Kant, and the philosophical theories that they explore, will help in supporting my explanation of the question that focuses around sight and perception. Rene Descartes’ ‘A Discourse on Method’ and ‘First Meditations of Philosophy’ separate the mind and soul from the body. ‘A Discourse on Method’ considers approaches to epistemology - which is the theory of