# Liliana Albertazzi (ed.) **Opening (not a real abstract):** “Systematic concern with visual appearances is as old as modern science but it has not been pursued with the consistency accorded to visual processing. Galileo interrogated appearances in contrast to the optical approach heralded in his day by Kepler and Scheiner. Now the study of appearances is enjoying a renaissance due in no small part to the novel techniques of experimental phenomenology so clearly expounded in this book.” Nicholas Wade, Emeritus Professor, University of Dundee “Liliana Albertazzi’s Handbook of Experimental Phenomenology is the first of its kind, and brings together an internationally distinguished group of researchers. ‘Experimental phenomenology’ was primarily a development within European psychology, and includes the pioneering research of David Katz on color vision and touch, of Albert Michotte on perceived causality, permanence, and ‘reality,’ **Authors:** [[Handbook of Experimental Phenomenology_ Visual Perception of Shape, Space and Appearance]]