Direct and Indirect Realism AQA

Do direct realists believe that the objects of our perception are mind-independent?

• Yes, objects exist independently to us

• No, our perceptions are sense data

• Yes, but we do not know what they are like

• No, because when we see objects we think of them

Do indirect realists believe that objects are material?

• No, because they can only ever experience sense data

• No, because solidity (materiality) is a primary quality within sense data

• Yes, because you feel objects even when you aren't perceiving them

• Yes, because it is the best hypothesis

What is sense data?

• Our imagination

• Un-analysed direct experiences in the mind

• Our perceptions of objects

• Qualities of objects like colour and texture

Which of these are arguments against direct realism?

• Perceptual variation

• Hallucination and Illusion

• Relational Property

• Causal argument

Which of these arguments belongs to Bertrand Russell?

• Perceptual Variation

• Cogito ergo sum

• Best Hypothesis

• Relational Property

A synthetic statement is one which requires no empirical proof in order to be true and believed.

• True

• False

• This has nothing to do with synthetic statements

A contingent truth is one which both could and could not be true.

• True

• False

John Locke is...

• An empiricist

• A direct realist

• An indirect realist

• A sceptic

Hallucinations cause problems for direct realists because...

• They confuse them

• Not everyone who has hallucinations is sick or mentally unwell

• They prove that you cannot always see the veridical truth of object directly

• They suggest that everything could be a dream and so tends towards idealism

Value is a...

• Primary Quality

• Secondary Quality

• It is not a quality of an object, but an opinion of mine