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    It is not the case that In illusion cases, the perceiver directly experiences sense-data rather than material things.

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    • 1.Illusion cases involve misperception of actual material things, not substitution of a different object of experience.
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    • 2.The bent-stick illusion presents a real stick under distorting conditions, so the stick itself remains the direct perceptual object.
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    • 3.Positing sense-data as intermediary objects commits a category error by treating adverbial qualities of experience as noun-like entities.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.The argument from illusion illegitimately generalizes from cases of misrepresentation to conclusions about the fundamental nature of all perceptual objects.
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    • 2.Austin demonstrated that 'directly perceive' is systematically misused in sense-datum theory, lacking any stable contrastive meaning.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Sense-data are not material things.
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    • 2.In illusion cases, the perceiver experiences sense-data.
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    • 3.Experiencing sense-data is distinct from experiencing material things.
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