indirect realism
- Created by: kierasanghera
- Created on: 18-05-16 19:07
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- Indirect realism
- The immediate objects of perception are mind dependant objects that are caused by and represent mind independent objects
- leads to scepticism about the exsistence of the external world
- If all we perceive is sense data how can we know that veridical objects exist at all and not that the only things we have our the sense data themselves
- leads to scepticism about the nature of the external world
- If we only perceive sense data and not the veridical objects themselves, we are unable to know the nature of the external world fully
- external world is the best hypothesis (Russell)
- we cannot know for certain that physical objects exist but it is the best hypothesis
- coherence of the various senses and lack of choices over our experiences (locke)
- we cannot choice what we experience and what most of us experience matches up with one another
- distinction between primary and secondary qualities (Locke)
- primary qualities = size, mass,solidity,extension,intrinsic to the object
- secondary qualities = sound,colour,smell,touch things that require our perception of it
- sense data tells us of relations between objects
- e.g the relational property of looking obtuse, only can be used when in comparison to another object
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