Austin admits that we are often "deceived by our senses" -- as in cases of mirror images, the mirage that looks like water on the road, the bent stick in the water, or dreams.
Austin admits that we are often "deceived by our senses" -- as in cases of mirror images, the mirage that looks like water on the road, the bent stick in the water, or dreams.
He says that these things very seldom actually deceive us -- since they are common and we've learned to take account of them.
When you were very young and first saw yourself in a mirror, you presumably thought that there was a second person behind it -- a person who looked like you. But you soon learned that this was not so. So now mirrors very seldom fool you.
Austin admits that we are often "deceived by our senses" -- as in cases of mirror images, the mirage that looks like water on the road, the bent stick in the water, or dreams.
He says that these things very seldom actually deceive us -- since they are common and we've learned to take account of them.
When you were very young and first saw yourself in a mirror, you presumably thought that there was a second person behind it -- a person who looked like you. But you soon learned that this was not so. So now mirrors very seldom fool you.