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Remarks on the Geometry of Visibles
Article first published online: 29 AUG 2003
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9213.00334
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Belot, G. (2003), Remarks on the Geometry of Visibles. The Philosophical Quarterly, 53: 581–586. doi: 10.1111/1467-9213.00334
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- Issue published online: 29 AUG 2003
- Article first published online: 29 AUG 2003
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I offer an explication of Reid's claim (discussed recently by Yaffe and others) that the geometry of the visual field is spherical geometry. I show that the sphere is the only surface whose geometry coincides, in a certain strong sense, with the geometry of visibles.