Download or read book Primary and Secondary Qualities written by Lawrence Nolan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen new essays trace the historical development of the distinction between primary and secondary qualities, a key topic in metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of perception. The volume starts with the ancient Greeks, discusses virtually all major figures of the early modern era, and reflects on the place of the topic in philosophy today.