title: Thomas Brown on the philosophy and psychology of perception.
abstract: Thomas Brown's theory of perception is set in its philosophical context, and the influence of George Berkeley, David Hume, and Thomas Reid on Brown is discussed. Destutt de Tracy, who appears to have been an unacknowledged source for Brown's ideas, is also discussed. Brown's theory of perception is elaborated, and he is categorized both as a sense-datum theorist and as a phenomenalist.
mesh_terms: D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D010465:Perception; D012677:Sensation; D014110:Touch; D014796:Visual Perception