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Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, David Hume and Douglas Lackey

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11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 1. Perceptual Realism / c. Representative realism

6526	Hume says objects are not a construction, but an imaginative leap [Hume, by Robinson,H]
	Full Idea: Hume's idea is that we move from private impressions to the physical world, not by an unconscious analytical construction but by a spontaneous imaginative leap.
	From: report of David Hume (Treatise of Human Nature [1739]) by Howard Robinson - Perception IX.6
	A reaction: The idea that objects are 'constructions' seems to have originated with Russell. Hume seems closer to the actual process, which is virtually instantaneous. They both forget that you can follow up the construction or leap with a cool evaluation.