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Naive realism, in philosophy, is the view that when we perceive objects we perceive them immediately. Our perception of objects is not mediated by our immediate perception of sensory experience. I do not perceive the chair by perceiving my sensory experience as of it. The chair is the immediate object of my perception.
This view contrasts with the representative theory of perception which holds that, although we do perceive objects, we do not perceive them immediately. Rather, the immediate object of perception is a sensory experience which represents the object. Our perception of objects is mediated by our immediate perception of sensory experience. AJ
See also illusion, argument from.Further reading A.J. Ayer, The Central Questions of Philosophy; , J.C. Mackie, Problems from Locke. |
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