Remember the old masters!

Perruchet & Vinter (P&V) ground their arguments in a view they call "the mentalistic tradition." Here I point out that such a view has already been advocated by two old masters of psychological science, William James and James Gibson, as well as by the philosopher Merleau-Ponty. In fact, in the writings of these older thinkers, arguments very similar to those presented in the target article are found.