Differences Between Naïve Realism And Representative Realism

Sciencesays we have “objective reality,” or the here and now. Along with this, there is “subjective perception,” or two people seeing the same thing differently. Classical science, then, broke away from naïve realism and had to consider the representative realist’s viewpoint. For example, when we think ofdreamsor watching a movie, two people may see things very differently.

True, they are there, but where is the distinction-mark drawn to separate what is dreamt and what is real, or how do we separate two different viewpoints of the same movie? This, for a naïve realist, is difficult to answer. Sure, we can speculate but it only brings us closer to falling in line with the representative’s methodology. Here’s an analogy to help define this: The representative realist’s brain acts as a baker that follows a recipe, using the ingredients in his kitchen to bake a cake.

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