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    It is not the case that Accurate relational perception of movement is sufficient for knowledge of physical causation, undermining the claim that senses systematically mislead about motion.

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    • 1.Accurate relational perception doesn't distinguish correlation from causation—two objects moving together doesn't show which caused the other's motion.
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    • 2.Senses miss crucial causal factors invisible to perception: gravity, electromagnetic forces, and subatomic interactions driving observable motion.
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    • 3.Apparent sufficiency of relational perception conflates subjective observation with objective causal mechanisms; knowledge requires explanation beyond description.
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    • 1.Relational motion perception directly tracks causal interactions between objects, not absolute motion, which is what physical causation requires.
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    • 2.Systematic sensory illusions about motion (e.g., induced motion) don't undermine knowledge because we can identify and correct for them using relational data.
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    • 3.Physics itself defines causation through relative changes in momentum and force, which sensory systems directly encode through relational perception.
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