indirect realism Flashcards
1
Q
define indirect realism
A
The immediate objects of perception are mind-dependent objects
(sense-data) that are caused by and represent mind-independent
objects
2
Q
primary qualities
A
3
Q
secondary qualities
A
4
Q
argument that it leads to sceptisicm
A
5
Q
response - Locke’s argument from the involuntary nature of our
experience
A
6
Q
response - the argument from the coherence of the various kinds of
experience
A
7
Q
Bertrand Russell’s response that the external world is the
‘best hypothesis’
A
8
Q
The argument from George Berkeley that we cannot know the nature
of mind-independent objects
A
