Empirical evidence for perspectival similarity.
Empirical evidence for perspectival similarity.
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视角相似性的经验证据。
DOI:
10.1037/rev0000403
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发表时间:
2023
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
Firestone, Chaz
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文献类型:
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作者:
Morales, Jorge;Firestone, Chaz
When a circular coin is rotated in depth, is there any sense in which it comes to resemble an ellipse? While this question is at the center of a rich and divided philosophical tradition (with some scholars answering affirmatively and some negatively), Morales et al.(2020, 2021) took an empirical approach, reporting 10 experiments whose results favor such perspectival similarity. Recently, Burge and Burge (2022) offered a vigorous critique of this work, objecting to its approach and conclusions on both philosophical and empirical grounds. Here, we answer these objections on both fronts. We show that Burge and Burge’s critique rests on misunderstandings of Morales et al.’s claims; of the relation between the data and conclusions; and of the philosophical context in which the work appears. Specifically, Burge and Burge attribute to us a much stronger (and stranger) view than we hold, involving the introduction of “a new entity” located “in some intermediate position (s) between the distal shape and the retinal image.” We do not hold this view. Indeed, once properly understood, most of Burge and Burge’s objections favor Morales et al.’s claims rather than oppose them. Finally, we discuss several questions that remain unanswered, and reflect on a productive path forward on these issues of foundational scientific and philosophical interest.(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
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影响因子:
5.4
作者:
Burge,Johannes;Burge,Tyler
通讯作者:
Burge,Tyler
DOI:
10.1111/nous.12384
发表时间:
2021
期刊:
Noûs
影响因子:
--
作者:
E. J. Green
通讯作者:
E. J. Green
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.2024195118
发表时间:
2021
期刊:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
影响因子:
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作者:
P. Linton
通讯作者:
P. Linton
影响因子:
3.4
作者:
D. J. Bennett
通讯作者:
D. J. Bennett
影响因子:
1.5
作者:
Eric Schwitzgebel
通讯作者:
Eric Schwitzgebel