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Identify two differences between naïve and representative realism.
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IDENTIFY TWO DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NAÏVE AND REPRESENTATIVE REALISM Naïve realism states that we perceive all things exactly as they are since there is a causal relationship between objects existing and our perception of them, i.e. we only have knowledge of the world because we can perceive it, and thus it must exist. The theory also asserts that all things are perceived directly, there is no medium between the perceiver and the object being perceived; in this way, the theory makes no distinction between real and illusory perceptions. Representative realism argues that our perceptions are not direct and that objects do not exist as we see them, but that we perceive the world through the medium of sense data. Following this view, it is not possible to know the object as it exists, but only the qualities that are transmitted to us via sense data. EXPLAIN AND ILLUSTRATE ONE CRITICISM OF NAÏVE REALISM Naïve realists...
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