Perceptual Illusions Philosophical and Psychological Essays
Although current debates in epistemology and philosophy of mind show a renewed interest in perceptual illusions, there is no systematic work in the philosophy of perception and in the psychology of perception with respect to the concept of illusion and th
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Also by Clotilde Calabi THE CHOOSING MIND AND THE JUDGING WILL: An Analysis of Attention PASSIONI E RAGIONI: Un itinerario nella filosofia della psicologia (PASSIONS AND REASONS: An Essay in the Philosophy of Psychology) FILOSOFIA DELLA PERCEZIONE (PHILOSOPHY OF PERCEPTION) I PROBLEMI DELL’INTENZIONALITÀ (with A. Voltolini ) (THE PROBLEMS OF INTENTIONALITY)
Perceptual Illusions Philosophical and Psychological Essays Edited by
Clotilde Calabi Associate Professor of Theories of Mind and Language University of Milan, Italy
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Contents
List of Illustrations
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Notes on Contributors
xiii
Introduction Clotilde Calabi
1
Part I What Is an Illusion? 1
The Illusion of Visual Illusions Robert Schwartz
25
2
Illusions that We Should Have (but Don’t) Nicola Bruno
44
3
The Awareness of Illusions Elena Pasquinelli
59
4
The Genesis of the Awareness of Illusion Ugo Savardi, Michael Kubovy and Ivana Bianchi
75
Part II Veridical Perceptions 5
Perceptual Constancies: Illusions and Veridicality Barry Ma
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