What, then, can we conclude 
about the origins of depth 
perception? We appear to be 
born with the axiomatic 
“assumption” that we are 
localized within a three-
dimensional spatial world. 
From the very outset, we 
perceive things as distant from 
ourselves, and from each other, 
their precise location in the 
third dimension being based on 
certain innately given cues. 
But we learn to use additional 
cues and learn to interpret 
given cues with greater 
precision after birth. This point 
of view, while it acknowledges 
the importance of learning, 
avoids the dilemma of 
explaining how depth 
perception could arise in the 
first place if it were entirely a 
matter of learning. Moreover, it 
explains how some cues to 
depth could be acquired: by a 
process of association with 
certain innate cues.