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Illusions of Optimal Motion, Relationism, and Perceptual Content
Author(s) -
Echeverri Santiago
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pacific philosophical quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.914
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1468-0114
pISSN - 0279-0750
DOI - 10.1111/papq.12159
Subject(s) - illusion , perception , presentation (obstetrics) , content (measure theory) , semantics (computer science) , epistemology , motion (physics) , identity (music) , direct and indirect realism , cognitive psychology , psychology , philosophy , cognitive science , computer science , aesthetics , artificial intelligence , mathematics , medicine , radiology , programming language , mathematical analysis
Austere relationism rejects the orthodox analysis of hallucinations and illusions as incorrect perceptual representations. In this article, I argue that illusions of optimal motion (IOMs) present a serious challenge for this view. First, I submit that austere‐relationist accounts of misleading experiences cannot be adapted to account for IOMs. Second, I show that any attempt at elucidating IOMs within an austere‐relationist framework undermines the claim that perceptual experiences fundamentally involve relations to mind‐independent objects. Third, I develop a representationalist model of IOMs. The proposed analysis combines two ideas: Evans' dynamic modes of presentation and Fine's relational semantics for identity.