Philosophy A-Level
Illusion and perceptual error
What Illusion and perceptual error means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Illusion and perceptual error
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A case in which a perceiver is aware of a property the object does not really have, such as a straight stick half in water looking bent.
Topics that use Illusion and perceptual error
- Perception as a source of knowledge (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Alleged inference
- Argument from hallucination
- Argument from illusion
- Best explanation reasoning
- Direct realism
- Disjunctivism
- Dreams versus waking experience
- Hallucination
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