Single Idea 2960

[catalogued under 12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 1. Common Sense]

Full Idea

Commonsense realism has to account for the subjective similarity of the genuine perception of a green surface and the experience of, say, an after-image.

Gist of Idea

Commonsense realism must account for the similarity of genuine perceptions and known illusions

Source

Michael Lockwood (Mind, Brain and the Quantum [1989], p.142)

Book Reference

Lockwood,Michael: 'Mind,Brain and the Quantum:The Compound 'I'' [Blackwell 1991], p.142

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