Direct realism
What Direct realism means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definitions of Direct realism
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The view that can explain variation through changing conditions, perspective and the perceiver's position without positing sense data.
The view that perception gives direct access to mind-independent objects as they presently are.
The view that in perception we are directly aware of mind-independent objects.
Topics that use Direct realism
- Perception as a source of knowledge (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Alleged inference
- Argument from hallucination
- Argument from illusion
- Best explanation reasoning
- Disjunctivism
- Dreams versus waking experience
- Hallucination
- Idealism
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