Philosophy A-Level
Time-lag argument
What Time-lag argument means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Time-lag argument
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An objection to direct realism based on the finite speed of light, since distant objects are perceived as they were in the past.
Topics that use Time-lag argument
- 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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