Philosophy A-Level
Idealism and mind-dependence
What Idealism and mind-dependence means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Idealism and mind-dependence
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The view that the immediate objects of perception are mind-dependent objects, rather than material substances behind experience.
Topics that use Idealism and mind-dependence
- Perception as a source of knowledge (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Alleged inference
- Argument from hallucination
- Argument from illusion
- Best explanation reasoning
- Direct realism
- Disjunctivism
- Dreams versus waking experience
- Hallucination
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