Does Hallie See a White Cup an a Desk? A Phenomenological Account of Hallucination Indiscriminability

Hicham Jakha

doi:10.18290/rf23713.9

Published : 2023-09-27

Vol. 71 No. 3 (2023)

Does Hallie See a White Cup an a Desk? A Phenomenological Account of Hallucination Indiscriminability

Hicham Jakha

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3126-4100

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rf23713.9

Abstract

In this paper, I argue for phenomenology, Husserlian phenomenology to be precise, as providing a solid paradigm on how to determine and assess hallucination. To be more explicit, in the context of my deliberations, I analyze Susanna Schellenberg’s arguments for “phenomenal” evidence and “factive” evidence, as regards her evidential theory of perception. To pinpoint the inadequacies raised in her account of (the hallucinating) Hallie and (the veridically perceiving) Percy sharing any kind of evidence, I propose Edmund Husserl’s epistemic fulfillment as a detailed epistemological analysis of perception, which takes into consideration the latter’s phenomenological complexity.

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Susanna Schellenberg, Edmund Husserl, hallucination indiscriminability, perception, phenomenology

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