E.H. Gombrich: “What is called ‘synaesthesia,’ the splashing ove… — “The Argument: Causality in the Electric World”, in Technology and Culture, Vol.14, No. 1, January (1973), p 13, reprinted in McLuhan Unbound # 3, (2005), p 22

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E.H. Gombrich: “What is called ‘synaesthesia,’ the splashing over of sense impressions from one sense modality to another is a fact to which all languages testify…”
...No sense can function in isolation. Only as sight relates to touch, or sound, can the eye see.

“The Argument: Causality in the Electric World”, in Technology and Culture, Vol.14, No. 1, January (1973), p 13, reprinted in McLuhan Unbound # 3, (2005), p 22

Quote #6308

Year: 1973

Chapter: Senses

E.H. Gombrich: “What is called ‘synaesthesia,’ the splashing over of sense impressions from one sense modality to another is a fact to which all languages testify…”...No sense can function in isolation. Only as sight relates to touch, or sound, can the eye see.

E.H. Gombrich: “What is called ‘synaesthesia,’ the splashing over of sense impressions from one sense modality to another is a fact to which all languages testify…”
...No sense can function in isolation. Only as sight relates to touch, or sound, can the eye see.