Backlighting and Occlusion
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Backlighting and Occlusion. / Overgaard, Søren.
In: Mind, Vol. 132, No. 525, fzac031, 2023, p. 63–83.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Backlighting and Occlusion
AU - Overgaard, Søren
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - In the philosophy of perception, objects are typically frontlit. But according to Roy Sorensen, backlit objects have surprising lessons to teach us about perception. In backlit conditions, ‘the principles of occlusion are reversed’, Sorensen (2008, p. 25) maintains. In particular, he claims we see the back surfaces of backlit objects. But as I argue in this paper, Sorensen’s arguments in support of those claims are flawed. After criticizing Sorensen’s arguments, I attempt to address a residual puzzle about backlit objects. The upshot of the paper is that cases of backlighting do have important philosophical lessons to teach us after all – lessons concerning the notion of perceptual occlusion.
AB - In the philosophy of perception, objects are typically frontlit. But according to Roy Sorensen, backlit objects have surprising lessons to teach us about perception. In backlit conditions, ‘the principles of occlusion are reversed’, Sorensen (2008, p. 25) maintains. In particular, he claims we see the back surfaces of backlit objects. But as I argue in this paper, Sorensen’s arguments in support of those claims are flawed. After criticizing Sorensen’s arguments, I attempt to address a residual puzzle about backlit objects. The upshot of the paper is that cases of backlighting do have important philosophical lessons to teach us after all – lessons concerning the notion of perceptual occlusion.
U2 - 10.1093/mind/fzac031
DO - 10.1093/mind/fzac031
M3 - Journal article
VL - 132
SP - 63
EP - 83
JO - Mind
JF - Mind
SN - 0026-4423
IS - 525
M1 - fzac031
ER -
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