Full Idea
Reid is often represented by modern opponents of the empiricists as the outstanding protagonist of direct or naïve realism and common sense in the eighteenth century.
Gist of Idea
Reid is seen as the main direct realist of the eighteenth century
Source
report of Thomas Reid (Essays on Intellectual Powers 2: Senses [1785]) by Howard Robinson - Perception 1.6
Book Reference
Robinson,Howard: 'Perception' [Routledge 2001], p.19
A Reaction
Robinson does not deny that this is Reid's view. Keith Lehrer is a great fan of Reid. Personally I think direct realism is quite clearly false, so I find myself losing interest in Reid's so-called 'common sense'.