Questions tagged [direct-realism]
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Does direct realism rely on colour realism?
It seems to me that, to avoid the idea that the 'colouring' of the data one receives is in the mental representation of it, one would have to say that colours exist in the real world, so the data is ...
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How does the direct realist explain illusions like the Müller-Lyer illusion?
The argument from illusion against direct realism is almost always phrased in terms of something like a stick in a puddle appearing bent. I find this very unconvincing given that the misleading part ...
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