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Single Idea 7629

[catalogued under 12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 3. Representation]

Full Idea

My view is that we see objects 'directly' by representing them in visual experience.

Gist of Idea

We see objects 'directly' by representing them

Source

Colin McGinn (Subjective View: sec qualities and indexicals [1983], Ch.8 n1)

Book Reference

McGinn,Colin: 'The Subjective View' [OUP 1983], p.129


A Reaction

[Quoted by Maund] This rejects both inference in perception and sense-data, while retaining the notion of representation. It is a view which has gained a lot of support. But how can it be direct if it represents? Photographs can't do that.

Related Idea

Idea 22107 Sensations are transmitted to 'internal senses' in the brain, chiefly to 'phantasia' and 'imagination' [Aquinas, by Kretzmann/Stump]