Howard Margolis (1998) Retreating on Blindsight
. Psycoloquy: 9(40) Cognitive Illusion (6)
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Psycoloquy 9(40): Retreating on Blindsight
RETREATING ON BLINDSIGHT
Reply to Pearson on Cognitive-Illusion
Howard Margolis
Harris School Public Policy Studies
University of Chicago
1155 E60th Street
Chicago IL 60637
773-702-0867
773-702-0926 (fax)
http://www.harrisschool.uchicago.edu/Tycho.html
hmarg@uchicago.edu
Abstract
Pearson (1998) may be right after all that the Tycho
Illusion could be due to failure of mental rotation imagery rather
than imagery blindsight, though it is immediately remedied by doing
the cutout and physical rotation. Some misunderstanding would no
doubt also have been avoided if the target article had referred to
"interpenetration of orbits" instead of "collision."
Keywords
blindsight, cognitive illusion, mental image, persuasion,
psychology of science.
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