PERCEPTION- Issues With Direct Realism : Hallucination . Response

Question 1

What does the fact that hallucinations and veridical perception are subjectively indistinguishable not mean

Answer 1

That they are the same phenomenon in reality

Question 2

A direct realist may argue that hallucinations have a different casual history then veridical perceptions- explain

Answer 2

Rather than being caused by a physical object impacting on the sense organs, hallucinations are produced by some sort of malfunction in the brain

Question 3

What does the fact that hallucinations and veridical perception aren’t identical phenomena’s mean

Answer 3

It doesn’t follow from the fact that hallucinations occur in the mind that veridical perceptions involve a purely mental element