Use Your Illusion: Spatial Functionalism, Vision Science, and the Case Against Global Skepticism

Abstract

3 We do not attempt to spell out, in any detail, what it means for an experience-type to be "associated" with a concept. The basic idea is clear. The experience-type associated with concept C is the type of experience on the basis of which we tend to apply C. Squarish experiences are associated with the concept SQUARE because we apply the concept SQUARE on the basis of squarish experiences. Reddish experiences are associated with RED for analogous reasons, etcetera. Chalmers (2019) is also committed to the idea that concepts and experiences can be associated in this way. Chalmers calls the associated experiences 'the relevant experiences' (21). 4 We will occasionally speak of experiences referring to spatial properties. If the reader dislikes such talk, they should feel free to substitute whichever of 'represents', 'indicates', 'picks out', or 'has as its content' they prefer.

Theories of perceptual content and cases of reliable spatial misperception

“…Indeed, this may not be possible for the angle case, if the relevant system is a system responsible for angle or shape perception, because as we have seen, both systems seem to get things wrong most of the time (cf. Green and Rabin 2019). Luckily, a modified consumer based account using (C1) and (C2) is presented in the appendix.…”

“…However, I take it that many other cases could have been focused on in what follows. (See McLaughlin (2016) and Green and Rabin (2019) for a discussion of how potentially widespread reliable misperceptions are. )…”

Normal‐proper functions in the philosophy of mind

“…See, Mendelovici (2013) for critical discussion, and a reply from Artiga (2013). See also McLaughlin (2016) and Green and Rabin (2019) for a discussion of how widespread normal and systematic misrepresentations are. Further, Ganson (2017) has argued that theories like (S) have no obvious way to accommodate the fact that perceptual accuracy is often traded off for other virtues (like speed or energy).…”

The Virtual as the Digital

“…Still, one can certainly find cases of spatial illusions under normal conditions. Green and Rabin (2019) point out a number of these.…”