Direct Realism

What is epistemology?

The study of knowledge

What does objective mean?

Something that is true to everyone

What does subjective mean?

Something that is only true to yourself

What is the mind-independent?

Something that exists outside of the mind and is physically there to be perceived

What does unmediated mean?

Something that has nothing in between/unchanged

What is direct realism?

Perception of the external world is direct and unmediated, the immediate object of perception is mind-independent as properties of the object exist with the object itself

What is sensus communis?

Common sense

What is the external world?

The things that exists outside of us

What is the first principle?

Common sense

What is Ockham’s Razor?

The simplest answer is most often the correct one

What is scepticism?

Doubting knowledge

What is an illusion?

Things that are subjectively indistinguishable meaning although it looks normal you still know it isn’t right

What are immediate objects of perception?

Objects that we perceive directly and unmediated