Philosophy A-Level
Disjunctivism
What Disjunctivism means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Disjunctivism
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Holds that veridical perception and hallucination are fundamentally different, challenging the inference from indistinguishability of experience to sameness of object.
Topics that use Disjunctivism
- Perception as a source of knowledge (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Alleged inference
- Argument from hallucination
- Argument from illusion
- Best explanation reasoning
- Direct realism
- Dreams versus waking experience
- Hallucination
- Idealism
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