Full Idea
The belief that there are simples arranged chair-wise is not a perceptual belief. Our perceptual beliefs have a content about ordinary objects, not simples arranged chair-wise.
Gist of Idea
Our perceptual beliefs are about ordinary objects, not about simples arranged chair-wise
Source
Thomas Hofweber (Ontology and the Ambitions of Metaphysics [2016], 07.3.1)
Book Reference
Hofweber,Thomas: 'Ontology and the Ambitions of Metaphysics' [OUP 2018], p.192
A Reaction
Hofweber gives ontological priority to 'perceptual beliefs'. I'm inclined to agree, but I hear the critical hordes swarming against the gate.