PERCEPTION AS A SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE: KEY TERMS

Question 1

DIRECT REALISM

Answer 1

the view that the immediate objects of perception and their (genuine) properties are mind-independent

Question 2

INDIRECT REALISM

Answer 2

the view that the immediate objects of perception are mind-dependent objects that are caused by and represent mind-independent objects

Question 3

IDEALISM

Answer 3

the immediate objects of perception are mind-depedent (ideas)

Question 4

PRIMARY QUALITIES

Answer 4

-utterly inseperable from the object whatever changes it goes through
-the object has these properties ‘in and of itself’
E.G. shape, motion, number, solidity, (size?)

Question 5

SECONDARY QUALITIES

Answer 5

-qualities the object has that are ‘nothing but powers to produce various sensations in us’
E.G. colours, souhds, tastes, smells, temperature

Question 6

SOLIPSISM

Answer 6

the view that only oneself, one’s mind, exists; there are no mind-independent physical object and there are no other minds either

Question 7

SENSE-DATA

Answer 7

• subjective
• mental
• private
• indubitable