Could we have experiences as of objects enduring?

Abstract It is often suggested that we have experiences as of objects enduring. If this is a claim about perceptual experience, it is unclear how it could be true. It seems plausible that however objects persist, we would receive the same inputs to perception. Hence, things would seem experientially the same regardless of whether objects endure, or persist in some other manner. So, it cannot be that in any interesting sense we have experiences as of objects enduring. My aim is the modest one of articulating how, despite this, we could have perceptual experiences as of objects enduring. I then argue that even if we do, it does not give us any reason to infer, on the basis of these experiences, that objects endure.

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The Philosophical Quarterly
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2025-08-28
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https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqaf069
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Embodied and Extended Cognition
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Could we have experiences as of objects enduring?

Kristie Miller
The Philosophical Quarterly
Embodied and Extended Cognition
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Could we have experiences as of objects enduring?

Kristie Miller
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Abstract It is often suggested that we have experiences as of objects enduring. If this is a claim about perceptual experience, it is unclear how it could be true. It seems plausible that however objects persist, we would receive the same inputs to perception. Hence, things would seem experientially the same regardless of whether objects endure, or persist in some other manner. So, it cannot be that in any interesting sense we have experiences as of objects enduring. My aim is the modest one of articulating how, despite this, we could have perceptual experiences as of objects enduring. I then argue that even if we do, it does not give us any reason to infer, on the basis of these experiences, that objects endure.

The Philosophical Quarterly
The University of Sydney (AU)
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Embodied and Extended Cognition
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