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    Challenges→Neither the transmission-of-forms theory nor the direct pick-up theory can adequately account for perceptual error

    Perceptual error on Aristotle's account arises not from the transmission mechanism failing, but from higher-order judgment misattributing incidental sensibles to objects.

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    • 1.Aristotle distinguishes proper sensibles (color, sound) from incidental sensibles (substance, identity), suggesting error occurs in cognitive association.
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    • 2.Sensory organs reliably transmit qualities; mistakes arise when intellect wrongly connects sensations to external objects or properties.
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    • 3.This account explains why perceptual errors are correctable through reasoning without positing sensory apparatus failure.
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    • 1.If judgment merely attributes incidental sensibles, Aristotle struggles explaining illusions of proper sensibles (e.g., seeing bent sticks in water).
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    • 2.The boundary between sensation and judgment is unclear in Aristotle; attributing error solely to judgment risks circularity about sensory roles.
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    • 3.Some perceptual errors seem independent of judgment: optical illusions persist even when intellect knows the true state of objects.
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