PERCEPTION- Issues With Direct Realism:Illusion. Response

Question 1

What premise of the illusion argument allows misinterpretation

Answer 1

Second premise

Question 2

Explain why the second premise allows misinterpretation

Answer 2

A direct realist could argue:
When I’m subject to an illusion it’s not the case that I’m directly aware of anything distinct from the physical object.
There is no thing(the appearance of the straw) of which I’m immediately aware and which we can contrast with the real straw
I’m directly aware of the real straw but it appears bent due to circumstances(light travelling through two different mediums)

Question 3

What don’t direct realists have to suppose

Answer 3

That all objects have to appear exactly as they are. We can accept that an object may appear differently because of the way they appear to the perceiver not because of sense data

Question 4

What is the indirect realists mistake here

Answer 4

To ‘reify appearances’- to suppose that we must explain illusions by positing the existence of appearance and sense data which are directly observed