naive realist

plural naive realists

1. alternativeAlternative form of naïve realist.

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   We generally express the situation by saying that the naive realist, who is the unsophisticated layman, assumes that he perceives things as they are, and that the idealist assumes that we do not perceive reality as it is or per se. The naive realist does not think of the antithesis between sensation and reality as the idealist does. To him things are as they appear.

   1918 July, James H. Hyslop, “Predicaments in Philosophy”, in The Monist, volume 28, number 3, Chicago: Open Court, →OCLC, page 367

comparative more naive realist · superlative most naive realist

1. alternativeAlternative form of naïve realist.

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   In such a view, of course, perception is a highly reliable source of knowledge—in fact, it may be too reliable. For it is hard to see, in the naive realist account, how it is possible for us ever to make mistakes. If we always perceive things as they really are, how could error be possible? Yet, errors do occur.

   1982, Peter Y. Windt, An Introduction to Philosophy, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., →ISBN, page 503