The Argument from Illusion
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The argument from illusion: the senses sometimes deceive—a straight oar looks bent in water—so perception alone cannot guarantee how things are.
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The oar, the mirage, the railway tracks meeting at the horizon: familiar sights, reliably wrong.
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Occasional error does not prove global unreliability. The argument opens a question; it does not close one.
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