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- Homunculus_argument abstract "The homunculus argument is a fallacy arising most commonly in the theory of vision. One may explain (human) vision by noting that light from the outside world forms an image on the retinas in the eyes and something (or someone) in the brain looks at these images as if they are images on a movie screen (this theory of vision is sometimes termed the theory of the Cartesian Theater: it is most associated, nowadays, with the psychologist David Marr). The question arises as to the nature of this internal viewer. The assumption here is that there is a 'little man' or 'homunculus' inside the brain 'looking at' the movie.The reason why this is a fallacy may be understood by asking how the homunculus 'sees' the internal movie. The obvious answer is that there is another homunculus inside the first homunculus's 'head' or 'brain' looking at this 'movie'. But how does this homunculus see the 'outside world'? In order to answer this, we are forced to posit another homunculus inside this other homunculus's head and so forth. In other words, we are in a situation of infinite regress. The problem with the homunculus argument is that it tries to account for a phenomenon in terms of the very phenomenon that it is supposed to explain.".
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- Homunculus_argument subject Category:Arguments_in_philosophy_of_mind.
- Homunculus_argument subject Category:Logical_fallacies.
- Homunculus_argument type Abstraction100002137.
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- Homunculus_argument type Fallacy105893916.
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- Homunculus_argument type LogicalFallacies.
- Homunculus_argument type LogicalFallacy105894143.
- Homunculus_argument type Misconception105893653.
- Homunculus_argument type PsychologicalFeature100023100.
- Homunculus_argument comment "The homunculus argument is a fallacy arising most commonly in the theory of vision. One may explain (human) vision by noting that light from the outside world forms an image on the retinas in the eyes and something (or someone) in the brain looks at these images as if they are images on a movie screen (this theory of vision is sometimes termed the theory of the Cartesian Theater: it is most associated, nowadays, with the psychologist David Marr).".
- Homunculus_argument label "Homunculus (psychologie)".
- Homunculus_argument label "Homunculus argument".
- Homunculus_argument label "小小人論證".
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- Homunculus_argument sameAs Q651822.
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- Homunculus_argument depiction Infinite_regress_of_homunculus.png.
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