Epistemology - Indirect Realism Flashcards
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Indirect realism
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We perceive mind-independent objects indirectly via mind-dependent objects
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Realism
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There are mind independent objects
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Indirect
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What we are directly aware of in perception are mind dependent objects
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Causation
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The mind dependent objects are caused by the mind independent objects
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Representation
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The mind dependent objects represent the mind independent objects
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Sense data
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The contents of our perceptual experiences
7
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John Locke
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Was one of the British empiricists (the view that all knowledge ultimately comes from sense experience)
- he wrote about sense perception and argued for indirect realism
- he made a distinction between primary and secondary qualities of an object
