Summary
Walter Benjamin argues, "During long periods of history, the mode of human sense perception changes with humanity's entire mode of existence. The manner in which human sense perception is organized, the medium in which it is accomplished, is determined not only by nature but by historical circumstances as well.” This means that the way we perceive the world, time, and space will continue to change throughout history. If the focus is on the visual part, the opponents believe that there is no history of vision and that only the concept and knowledge of interpreting vision have changed with history. Are our visual systems working in a fixed, ahistorical way? Or, as Benjamin asserted, will technological change bring about changes in the sensory center? Or is there a need to further distinguish between historical and non-historical visual components? What are the views of art history, psychology, and neuroscience research on the debate between the Universal Eye and the Period Eye?