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Seeing is not perceiving

Perception is a learnt skill

15th July 2022
| Historian of modern philosophy and philosopher of religion at James Madison University in Virginia. His work focuses on metaphysics, philosophy of science and theology.
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The philosopher, George Berkeley, famously asserted that we cannot see distance. Our eyes can only see in 2-dimensions. However, we manage to navigate in a 3-dimensional world pretty well. 3-dimensional seeing then, is a learnt skill. This conclusion has radical implications for the possible development of perception to new and novel places, writes Kenneth L. Pearce.

 

John Locke credits the Irish philosopher and vision scientist William Molyneux (1656–1698) with posing the following ‘problem’:

Kenneth L. Pearce
15th July 2022

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