What is the History of Medieval Optics Really About?1

From: Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society | Date: June 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

SINCE ITS PUBLICATION IN 1975, David Lindberg's Theories of Vision from Al-Kindi to Kepler2 has become the canonical source for our understanding of medieval optics and its place in the development of modern optics. Lindberg's ulterior purpose in writing this book was to show that, contrary to prevailing opinion, Johan Kepler's account of sight, which is based on the casting of point-by-point images through the lens at the front of the eye onto the retina at the back, represented a continuation of, rather than a break with, the medieval optical tradition, whose foundations were laid by the ...

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