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    It is possible to have a persisting seeming (e.g., that o... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Seemings cannot be identified with dispositions to believe, inclinations to believe, or impulses to believe.

    It is possible to have a persisting seeming (e.g., that one line is longer than another in the Müller-Lyer illusion) while being so convinced it is a mere illusion that one has no disposition or inclination to believe it.

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    Disposition(as used in metaphysics)
    A tendency or potential for something to behave in a certain way under specific conditions—like how sugar has the disposition to dissolve when placed in water.
    Inclination(similar to disposition; used to describe the lack of desire to believe the illusion)
    A natural urge or leaning toward something; a tendency to want to do or believe something.
    Müller-Lyer illusion(as a classic example of perception vs. reality)
    A famous optical illusion with two arrows that look different lengths even though they're actually the same—named after the psychologist Franz Müller-Lyer who discovered it.

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    Persisting seeming(describes the ongoing illusion in the example)
    An experience or impression that keeps happening in your mind, even though you know it's not real—like how a magic trick still looks impossible even after you know how it's done.

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    What exactly are these “seemings” or “appearances”? The distinction between seemings and beliefs is typically introduced with examples. Once we are familiar with the Müller-Lyer illusion, we no longer believe that the lines are of unequal length even though, in some sense, they still appear to be unequal. The same holds for various apparent intuitions and apparent memories that we become convinced are false. Moreover, beliefs are subject to epistemic norms and can be supported by epistemic reaso

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