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Single Idea 3875

[from 'Db (ideas)' by PG, in 11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 1. Perceptual Realism / a. Naïve realism ]

Full Idea

Reality must be more than merely what we perceive, because a sixth sense would enhance our current knowledge, and a seventh, and so on.

Gist of Idea

If reality is just what we perceive, we would have no need for a sixth sense

Source

PG (Db (ideas) [2031])

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