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The "argument from illusion" tries to show that
{ 1 } - we cannot know if we perceive an objective external world.
{ 2 } - what we directly perceive is always sense date (never material objects).
{ 3 } - we perceive mere appearances, and not what things are in themselves.
{ 4 } - material objects are logical constructs out of sensations.
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The "argument from illusion" tries to show that
{ 1 } - we cannot know if we perceive an objective external world.
{ 2 } - what we directly perceive is always sense date (never material objects).
{ 3 } - we perceive mere appearances, and not what things are in themselves.
{ 4 } - material objects are logical constructs out of sensations.
We might argue for this AFTER using the argument from illusion.
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The "argument from illusion" tries to show that
{ 1 } - we cannot know if we perceive an objective external world.
{ 2 } - what we directly perceive is always sense date (never material objects).
{ 3 } - we perceive mere appearances, and not what things are in themselves.
{ 4 } - material objects are logical constructs out of sensations.
The argument goes:
In illusion cases, what we directly perceive is sense data.
In non-illusion cases, what we directly perceive is the same as what we directly perceive in illusion cases.
So, in ALL cases what we directly perceive is sense data.
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The "argument from illusion" tries to show that
{ 1 } - we cannot know if we perceive an objective external world.
{ 2 } - what we directly perceive is always sense date (never material objects).
{ 3 } - we perceive mere appearances, and not what things are in themselves.
{ 4 } - material objects are logical constructs out of sensations.
We might argue for this AFTER using the argument from illusion.
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The "argument from illusion" tries to show that
{ 1 } - we cannot know if we perceive an objective external world.
{ 2 } - what we directly perceive is always sense date (never material objects).
{ 3 } - we perceive mere appearances, and not what things are in themselves.
{ 4 } - material objects are logical constructs out of sensations.
We might argue for this AFTER using the argument from illusion.
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