His delight was obvious for all to see, though the spectators at Madrid's Magic Box, being used for the first time, must have believed it was some sort of grand illusion.
The first way is to deny that the mental is an irreducible aspect of reality, either (a) by holding that the mental can be identified with some aspect of the physical, such as patterns of behavior or patterns of neural activity, or (b) by denying that the mental is part of reality at all, being some kind of illusion (but then, illusion to whom?).
During the 2008 campaign, some of Hillary Clinton's aides pointed out that Obama was harboring some illusions, particularly in his conviction that he could reach across the political divide in Washington.
It must be some sort of illusion, a trick of the light; a continuation of last night's frightened dream, perhaps?
There are some old-time illusion tricks as well, which are a lot of fun: hands popping out of drawers, people disappearing in cupboards, that kind of thing.
I see from some of the comments that there's a widespread belief that the wage stagnation we've experienced under "modern capitalism" is some kind of illusion, that it would go away if we took benefits into account.
On the other hand, you never think that he's some synthetic, airbrushed illusion — like many of the stadium-playing chart toppers of today — held together by smoke, mirrors and synthesizers.
A true choice is a choice between two or more real options, while a false choice refers to a situation in which choice is some sort of illusion.
A consequence of this is that the experience of the flow or passage of Time must be some sort of illusion.
These are some of the illusions "Passion" offers, and I love illusion.
