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    It is not the case that For sight to occur, the medium must be transparent and there must be light.

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    • 1.Aristotle's own account in De Anima allows that the transparent medium is actualized by color, not light per se.
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    • 2.A luminous object in an otherwise dark transparent medium can still be seen, making light in the medium a consequence of vision rather than its precondition.
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    • 3.If light is produced by the visible object rather than being an independent prerequisite, the claim conflates cause and condition.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Phosphenes and entoptic phenomena produce visual experience without any external light entering the eye.
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    • 2.If vision can occur without light in the medium, then light is not a necessary condition for sight.
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    • 1.In the case of sight, the medium must be transparent.
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    • 2.In the case of sight, there must be light.
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