Perception and belief: A regress problem

Philosophy of Science 53 (March):120-126 (1986)
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Abstract

Some philosophers, such as N. R. Hanson, have suggested that one's perceiving an object entails one's having a particular perceptual belief, and not just some belief or other, about that object. This article constructs an argument showing that such a view generates an infinite regress of required perceptual beliefs.

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