Naïve Realism and the Problem of Illusion

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As standardly conceived, an illusion is a case in which appearances in at least one respect conflict with reality. Such a conflict only obtains in cases where a non-F object appears to be F—appears F in a ‘committal’ way, as I put it. It is, however, possible for an object to appear F in a non-committal way—i.e. without appearing to be F. The paper discusses a number of recent naïve realist attempts to account for illusion. Drawing on the distinction between committal and non-committal appearances, I argue that none of the proposals is able to account for illusion as standardly conceived.
Original languageEnglish
JournalAnalytic Philosophy
Volume63
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)174-191
Number of pages18
ISSN2153-9596
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

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