...This chapter discusses the presence of the paradigm of visual perception, as well as the ‘geological’ investigation of familial secrets that are featured in Eleanor’s Victory, and studies Braddon’s interaction with Darwinian and post-Darwinian issues, including species and heredity...

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... is presented. The chapter then reviews Reid's theory of perception, dealing first with perception in general and then turning to visual perception in order to note a major achievement of his. It finally reports the contributions made by Henry Home, George Campbell, Dugald Stewart and Sir William Hamilton...