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    It is not the case that Illusory perception requires that no appropriate distal bearer of properties exists, but a functioning loudspeaker constitutes exactly such a bearer at the perceived location.

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    • 1.The relevant property for auditory perception is acoustic origin, not mere sound production; a loudspeaker masks true acoustic sources elsewhere.
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    • 2.Illusion concerns the perceiver's mistaken content about which properties an object has, not whether some object exists at that location.
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    • 1.Illusory perception requires absence of an appropriate property-bearer at the perceived location to distinguish it from veridical perception.
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    • 2.A loudspeaker at the perceived location physically instantiates sound-producing properties, making it an appropriate distal bearer.
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    • 3.Therefore, perceiving sound from a loudspeaker cannot be illusory in the strict philosophical sense, only potentially misleading about source.
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