The Eyes Know It? Training the Eyes: A Theory of Visual Literacy

This paper offers an analysis of the nature of perception and its relationship to thinking, using the psychology and epistemology of C.S. Peirce and John Dewey. It is our contention that the cultivation of creativity and critical thinking are hampered by a false epistemological dichotomy between perceiving and thinking and its attending educational dualism of thinking/training. There is a growing awareness among many researchers that points to...