[MD] What is illusion?

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Greetings,

I have before me "Mysterio's Encyclopedia of Magic and Conjuring: A
complete compendium of Astonishing Illusions".  Mysterio died suddenly
in 1936.  There is a possibility that he died as a result of deciding
to publish an encyclopedia of trade secrets in 1936.  However, sadly
Mysterio died during one of his performances.  Therefore I caution
anybody who cares to reveal what an illusion is, to be cautious and
not perform any magic tricks again.  Always check your car brakes, and
never leave a drink unattended at a spontaneous warehouse party.

Having said that, I am not a magician.  Many have claimed that an
illusion is something that does not exist.  This is termed a delusion
(and Horse agrees).  An illusion must be of something recognizable.
Therefore an illusion must be of something real.  If it is real, then
it exists.  If it exists, then it is not a delusion, but a mistake in
awareness.  When we speak of illusion, it is always necessary to state
what something is an illusion of.  Otherwise the sentence does not
point to anything and one is left hanging in the rafters of some magic
performance that somehow went bad.

Regards,
Mark

On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 1:00 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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> Greetings,
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> Here's one way to analyze the concept of illusion as presented by Mari Albahari:
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>   "I begin by analysing the concept of ILLUSION and then in a later section, that of a CONSTRUCT.  The possible application of these concepts to the self will become apparent as discussions proceeds.
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>   "Most generally, an illusion involves a conflict between appearance and reality.  Sometimes, X, appears to be the case, but there is something about S that does not reflect reality' it MISLEADS the person to whom it appears.  In other works, X PURPORTS, through the appearance, to exist in a particular manner, than X does NOT REALLY exist in the purported manner.  More formally:
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>    "When X purports (through a medium of appearance) to exist in manner F,
>     to person P, X-as-F is illusory when X does not really exist in manner F."
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> This analysis of illusion is to be applied to the question of the difference between 'self' and 'sense of self'.
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>  Marsha
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