Lambert Wiesing not only provides an original and illuminating treatment of the core issues in the philosophy of perception he radically recasts the terms of the debate and extends the field of enquiry, including a thought-provoking discussion of the transformation brought about by the perception of images. It is a major achievement that this important book has now made been made available to English-speaking readers.

Jason Gaiger, University of Oxford, UK

With this book, Wiesing has set out an original and extremely provocative suggestion for rethinking perception- and consciousness theory from the beginning. It should be said that it is an enormously stimulating book, rich in ideas, subtle in its argumentation, and sometimes funny as well. Beyond this it is, with its confident polarisation of theses and its underlying phenomenological orientation, a daring work in the best sense. [Review of the original German edition].

Thorsten Streubel, in: Allgemeine Zeitschrift für Philosophie, 2010

We are creatures of presence; through perception we are surrounded by the given presence of ourselves and our environment. It makes no sense to doubt it. Wiesing presents the background, implications and justification of this central idea with startling clarity and impressive breadth as well as argumentative stringency; almost as an aside, the reader gets not only brilliant miniatures of the history of theory-from perception theory to image theory-but a veritable introduction to phenomenology...at a minimum, Lambert Wiesing's book may be read as a new basic theory of the way we understand ourselves as perceiving beings. [Review of the original German edition].

Jan Urbich, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2009

[A]n interesting and ambitious contribution to the philosophy of perception in general, and to the philosophy of image-perception in particular. As well as developing a set of distinctive philosophical ideas, Wiesing presents insightful and lucid interpretations of historical philosophers and develops his own methodology by building on suggestive ideas from the philosophical tradition.

British Journal of Aesthetics

Writing with wonderful clarity, Wiesing illuminates and re-orientates our understanding of perception, self and world. He also re positions the role of image-perception, and our understanding of what constitutes an image, in this context. Highly recommended.

Kathleen Lennon, Professor of Philosophy, University of Hull, UK

This radical rethinking of the philosophy of perception fascinates by casting old issues in a new light and giving prominence to topics - such as the perception of images - that orthodox thinking is condemned to treat as marginal. The book is bold, original, full of challenging ideas and makes a powerful case for changing our approach to this central philosophical problem.

Robert Hopkins, Professor of Philosophy, New York University USA