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[from 'Intro to Contemporary Epistemology' by Jonathan Dancy, in 12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory ]

Full Idea

If perception is indirect as well as memory, this means there are two direct objects of awareness between the remembering mind and the original object.

Gist of Idea

If perception and memory are indirect, then two things stand between mind and reality

Source

Jonathan Dancy (Intro to Contemporary Epistemology [1985], 12.2)

Book Reference

Dancy,Jonathan: 'Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology' [Blackwell 1985], p.184