On Perception and Light

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In this paper I argue that interest in light was, and is, an ongoing area of interest in the philosophy of visual perception. I then argue that 'light' is not a real entity, and that light rays are opaque. It should follow that the philosophy of direct perception of real objects is not sound.

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Albert Halliday
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John Philoponus.Christian Wildberg - forthcoming - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
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