Full Idea
It is one thing to see a building, and another to see it as a building, and yet another to see it as Buckingham Palace. How does the commonsense realist think that this is accomplished?
Gist of Idea
How does a direct realist distinguish a building from Buckingham Palace?
Source
Michael Lockwood (Mind, Brain and the Quantum [1989], p.302)
Book Reference
Lockwood,Michael: 'Mind,Brain and the Quantum:The Compound 'I'' [Blackwell 1991], p.302
A Reaction
Easy. We just bring more and more mental files to bear on what we are experiencing.