Why the Transitivity of Perceptual Simultaneity Should be Taken Seriously
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Why the Transitivity of Perceptual Simultaneity Should be Taken Seriously
A relation is transitive if and only if from the fact that A has a relation to B, and B has a relation C, it necessarily follows that A also has a relation to C. As a relation fulfilling this requirement, consider simultaneity understood as two events occurring at the same time and only at the same time (thus this is not a case of mere partial temporal overlap): If A and B share all the same te...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1662-5145
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2012.00003