Perception as a Source of Knowledge

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  • Created by: Daenni92
  • Created on: 31-01-19 17:04
Realism
The external world is mind-independent
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Idealism
The external world is mind dependent
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Direct Realism
We directly (without anything "in the middle") perceive mind-independent objects
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Russell's Argument from Perceptual Variation
We don't perceive objects directly becuase the properties an object appears to have are different to those it actually has (a table may have differing shapes depending on the angle they're being perceived from - they cannot be both shapes at once)
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Card 2

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The external world is mind dependent

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Idealism

Card 3

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We directly (without anything "in the middle") perceive mind-independent objects

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Card 4

Front

We don't perceive objects directly becuase the properties an object appears to have are different to those it actually has (a table may have differing shapes depending on the angle they're being perceived from - they cannot be both shapes at once)

Back

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Card 5

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