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by Kim_Bruning 782 days ago
Hmm, maybe my explanation above was too ELI5, you'll have to accept my apologies if so, and you may need to explain in more detail what you're asking exactly there.

Meanwhile can you expand on your take on Naive Realism here? What's the specific issue with Naive Realism you're pointing out? (am aware there's issues)
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mistermann 782 days ago
Humans contemplate "reality" on top of various models of it, as well as various other processes (cognition) and phenomena (culture), thinking they are contemplating reality itself. And the whole world runs on this. It's kind of funny if you think about it.
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Kim_Bruning 782 days ago
I think René Magritte might have been on to you back in 1929. ;-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images

(More seriously, Indirect Realism is actually several centuries old already, isn't it?)

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mistermann 782 days ago
Very nice!

And yes, it is indeed very old...old and forgotten, even by those who have knowledge of it.

But it may even be worse: what is it in the first place?

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