An Empirical Stalemate: Why Science Fails to Settle a Central Philosophical Debate About Perception
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research November 21, 2025 Peter Fisher Epstein, Umrao Sethi
ABSTRACT Empirical arguments in the philosophy of perception have become increasingly influential. In this paper, we evaluate the prospects for one such argument—the Argument from Structure —in light of the a priori constraint that we must give a unified account of visual experience. We argue that, correctly understood, the kinds of empirical findings marshalled in support of an internalist...