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Terrapin Station
13.8kThat sounds like a potential challenge to direct realism. — Marchesk
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Direct realism doesn't posit that perception is infallible, that there is no mental dysfunction, etc. -
Terrapin Station
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Wayfarer
22.5kThat wouldn't satisfy most realists, who most certainly do believe that things continue to exist unperceived.
— Wayfarer
Most realists believe that, but it isn't implied by being a realist. — Terrapin Station
Right, another one of your many 'well, what I mean by it is ...' But then, as meaning as subjective, then every realist has different beliefs, right? And that's OK, right? There are no 'real realists', then. Each one is different. -
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How about quoting what you're responding to, since I just posted a bunch of different things.
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