The Physicalistic Trap in Perception Theory

Introduction The physicalistic trap in elementaristic approaches to perception Example I: The problem of colour constancy Example II: Are there perceptual errors and illusions? Example III: The preoccupation with linear perspective in theories of picture perception The physicalistic trap in functionalist and computational approaches to perception Example IV: Bayesian approaches to perception Example V: Colour constancy from a computational point of view Example VI: Evolutionary internalized regularities of the physical world Perception theory beyond the physicalistic trap Appendix: Historical annotations on the notions of sensory data-based computation vs. triggering in perception theory References