Owen Gingerich (1998) The Tycho Illusion: Performing the Cutout Correctly
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Psycoloquy 9(52): The Tycho Illusion: Performing the Cutout Correctly
THE TYCHO ILLUSION: PERFORMING THE CUTOUT CORRECTLY
Commentary on Margolis on Cognitive-Illusion
Owen Gingerich
Smithsonian Observatory
Harvard University
Cambridge MA 02138
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hsdept/gingerich.shtml
ginger@cfa.harvard.edu
Abstract
Topper (1998) claims that the demonstration in Margolis
(1998) will not work if a further cut is made to allow Mars to
move. This is incorrect.
Keywords
blindsight, cognitive illusion, mental image, persuasion,
psychology of science.
References
- Margolis, H. (1998) Tycho's Illusion: How It Lasted 400 Years, and What That Implies About Human Cognition PSYCOLOQUY 9 (32) ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/Psycoloquy/1998.volume.9/psyc.98.9.32.cognitive-illusion.1.margolis
- Topper, D. (1998) Margolis's Delusion: a Critique of "Tycho's Illusion." PSYCOLOQUY 9(42) Cognitive Illusion (7) ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/Psycoloquy/1998.volume.9/psyc.98.9.42.cognitive-illusion.7.topper