Philosophers suggested that usual picture perception requires the simultaneous occurrence of the perception of the surface and of the depicted object. However, there are special cases of picture perception, such as trompe l’oeil perception, in which, unlike in usual picture perception, the object looks like a real, present object we can interact with, of the kind we are usually acquainted with in face-to-face perception. While philosophers suggested that usual picture perception and trompe l’oeil perception must differ with respect to the perception of the surface, nobody has ever proposed a final explanatory account for such a difference. Here, I propose such an account. I consider the two possible options as candidates for the explanation of the illusory power of trompe l’oeil perception. The first is that, with trompe l’oeils, we perceive the surface unconsciously. The second is that, with trompe l’oeils, we cannot perceive the surface at all, that is, we cannot perceive it either consciously or unconsciously. I show that the second option is the unique plausible option, as it is in line with vision science, and with our received view about the nature of usual picture perception.

(2020). Why Trompe l'oeils Deceive Our Visual Experience [journal article - articolo]. In THE JOURNAL OF AESTHETICS AND ART CRITICISM. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10446/280295

Why Trompe l'oeils Deceive Our Visual Experience

Ferretti, Gabriele
2020-01-01

Abstract

Philosophers suggested that usual picture perception requires the simultaneous occurrence of the perception of the surface and of the depicted object. However, there are special cases of picture perception, such as trompe l’oeil perception, in which, unlike in usual picture perception, the object looks like a real, present object we can interact with, of the kind we are usually acquainted with in face-to-face perception. While philosophers suggested that usual picture perception and trompe l’oeil perception must differ with respect to the perception of the surface, nobody has ever proposed a final explanatory account for such a difference. Here, I propose such an account. I consider the two possible options as candidates for the explanation of the illusory power of trompe l’oeil perception. The first is that, with trompe l’oeils, we perceive the surface unconsciously. The second is that, with trompe l’oeils, we cannot perceive the surface at all, that is, we cannot perceive it either consciously or unconsciously. I show that the second option is the unique plausible option, as it is in line with vision science, and with our received view about the nature of usual picture perception.
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Ferretti, Gabriele
(2020). Why Trompe l'oeils Deceive Our Visual Experience [journal article - articolo]. In THE JOURNAL OF AESTHETICS AND ART CRITICISM. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10446/280295
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