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Many philosophers claim: "Ordinary people, when they think that they're deceived by their senses, think that they aren't perceiving material objects." Austin objects to this by pointing out
{ 1 } - that if people thought that they saw a shadow (or rainbow) or heard a voice -- and became convinced that this shadow (or rainbow or voice) wasn't a "material object" -- then they wouldn't conclude that they were deceived by their senses.
{ 2 } - that if people knew that a ship on a clear day is further away than it looks, they wouldn't conclude that they aren't perceiving a material object.
{ 3 } - both of the above.
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Many philosophers claim: "Ordinary people, when they think that they're deceived by their senses, think that they aren't perceiving material objects." Austin objects to this by pointing out
{ 1 } - that if people thought that they saw a shadow (or rainbow) or heard a voice -- and became convinced that this shadow (or rainbow or voice) wasn't a "material object" -- then they wouldn't conclude that they were deceived by their senses.
{ 2 } - that if people knew that a ship on a clear day is further away than it looks, they wouldn't conclude that they aren't perceiving a material object.
{ 3 } - both of the above.
This objection isn't relavent to the claim quoted above.
Read the claim again -- slowly and carefully.
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Many philosophers claim: "Ordinary people, when they think that they're deceived by their senses, think that they aren't perceiving material objects." Austin objects to this by pointing out
{ 1 } - that if people thought that they saw a shadow (or rainbow) or heard a voice -- and became convinced that this shadow (or rainbow or voice) wasn't a "material object" -- then they wouldn't conclude that they were deceived by their senses.
{ 2 } - that if people knew that a ship on a clear day is further away than it looks, they wouldn't conclude that they aren't perceiving a material object.
{ 3 } - both of the above.
Of course, people wouldn't conclude this.
Austin adds that many things can go wrong when we're being deceived by our senses -- and just one of these is that what we think we perceive really isn't there.
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Many philosophers claim: "Ordinary people, when they think that they're deceived by their senses, think that they aren't perceiving material objects." Austin objects to this by pointing out
{ 1 } - that if people thought that they saw a shadow (or rainbow) or heard a voice -- and became convinced that this shadow (or rainbow or voice) wasn't a "material object" -- then they wouldn't conclude that they were deceived by their senses.
{ 2 } - that if people knew that a ship on a clear day is further away than it looks, they wouldn't conclude that they aren't perceiving a material object.
{ 3 } - both of the above.
Just one is relevant to the claim.
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