naive realism

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Definition

Noun: 1. A philosophical doctrine: The belief that physical objects exist independently of our perception of them and possess the properties they appear to have. It is the common-sense view of the world, often contrasted with philosophical skepticism or idealism.

Usage Examples
  • Noun:
    • Naive realism is the default worldview for most people in their everyday lives.
    • The philosopher argued that naive realism fails to account for the role of the mind in shaping experience.
    • Science often challenges the assumptions of naive realism by revealing that objects are mostly empty space.
Advanced Usage
  • "The problem of perception": A central philosophical challenge to naive realism, questioning how we can have knowledge of an external world if we only directly experience our own perceptions or sense data.
  • "Direct realism": A more refined philosophical position related to naive realism, which maintains that we perceive the external world directly, though it may acknowledge some role for perceptual processing.
Variants and Related Words
  • Realism (philosophical): A broader category of philosophical thought asserting that certain kinds of things have mind-independent existence. Naive realism is a specific, common-sense form of this.
  • Common-sense realism: A near-synonym for naive realism, emphasizing its roots in everyday, unreflective belief.
Synonyms
  • Direct realism
  • Common-sense realism
Related Concepts (Not Phrasal Verbs or Idioms)
  • Representationalism/Indirect Realism: The opposing view that we perceive mental representations of the world, not the world itself directly.
  • Idealism: The philosophical theory that reality is fundamentally mental or immaterial.
  • Phenomenalism: The theory that physical objects are logical constructions from sense data.
Noun
  1. (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived

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