This is video 25 in an introductory course on epistemology, the philosophy of knowledge. In this video, we discuss direct realism: the claim that the objects of perceptions, that of which we are aware in perception, are simply the external objects in the world. We also look at the Argument from Illusion and the Argument from Hallucination, which suggest that direct realism can't be true.
Victor Gijsbers teaches philosophy at Leiden University in the Netherlands. You can follow him on mastodon: @victorgijsbers@mastodon.gamedev.place.
This video is part of a lecture series originally recorded for my students during the 2023/2024 spring semester. The entire playlist is here: • Course in Epistemology
21 апр 2024