argument from illusion (English, noun)
expansion: argument from illusion (plural arguments from illusion)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An argument for the existence of sense-data, and thus a criticism of direct realism, according to which what we perceive (such as a stick that looks bent because it is viewed underwater) is distinct from the actual thing perceived (the straight stick).
Forms:
form: arguments from illusion
tags: plural