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dc.contributor.authorYaffe, Gideon
dc.date2021-11-25T13:34:37.000
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-26T11:43:05Z
dc.date.available2021-11-26T11:43:05Z
dc.date.issued2003-01-01T00:00:00-08:00
dc.identifierfss_papers/3729
dc.identifier.contextkey3114829
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13051/3150
dc.description.abstractIt's a child's problem: we see objects as oriented correctly, both up-down and left -right, despite the fact that our retinal images of them are inverted in both respects; how can this be? The reason it is a child's problem is that the explanation is so easy: there is no reason to think that the properties of our retinal images should correspond to the content of the visual experiences they cause. Our retinal images are tiny; we see things as much larger. Our retinal images are uniformly the color of the retina; we see things as possessing a diversity of colors. None of these discrepancies, including the discrepancy in orientation, are unexpected, and so none genuinely problematic.
dc.titleBerkeley and the ‘Mighty Difficulty’: The Idealist Lesson of the Inverted Retinal Image
dc.source.journaltitleFaculty Scholarship Series
refterms.dateFOA2021-11-26T11:43:05Z
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/fss_papers/3729
dc.identifier.legacyfulltexthttps://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4721&context=fss_papers&unstamped=1


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