The intuitive case for naïve realism

• Published in: Philosophical explorations Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 106 - 122
• Main Author: Langsam, Harold
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.01.2017; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Between-subjects design; disjunctivism; Hallucinations; intentionalism; naïve realism; Ontology; Perceptions; phenomenal character; Phenomenology; Realism; representationalism

Naïve realism, the view that perceptual experiences are irreducible relations between subjects and external objects, has intuitive appeal, but this intuitive appeal is sometimes thought to be undermined by the possibility of certain kinds of hallucinations. In this paper, I present the intuitive cas...