Die Entfaltung der cartesischen Mechanik des Sehens und ihre Grenzen / von Michael Hagner.
Abstract:
'In the present paper an attempt is made to demonstrate that Descartes' mechanistic concept of vision led to a definition of perception as an active process within the soul ... Thus Descartes transposed the question of perception as an active process from neurophysiology to psychology and established its relevance within his own metaphysics, hereby laying the foundations for a psychological discussion of theories of vision in British sensism.' From the English summary
Sudhoffs Archiv Bd. 74 (1990), p. 148-171