Abstract
In the target article, David Rose makes an interesting and substantive case against a certain kind of sceptical view: “veridical perception is impossible in principle,” combined with a certain version of anti-realism. He proceeds by first illustrating several ideas from George Orwell’s seminal work, and then proposes that a certain kind of non-reductive, levelled emergentist metaphysics can help us respond to such scepticism. In this commentary, I join forces with Rose’s case, but will point out that we need to take seriously two discussions in contemporary philosophy in order to make the realist case stronger: the argument from illusion and hallucination, and the causal exclusion argument. Only then do Rose and his allies can have a more satisfactory case for objectivity and realism.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 847-852 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Perception |
Volume | 51 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 Dec |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- causal exclusion
- emergentism
- illusion
- non-reductive metaphysics
- objectivity
- realism
- veridical perception
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Ophthalmology
- Sensory Systems
- Artificial Intelligence