Browse our collection of papers in
General Issues and Concepts in Philosophy

S/P/435. Are we more certain of how things seem than of how they really are?

WORDS:
1750
DATE:
2010
PRICE:
19.99 GBP

The paper looks at the philosophic roots of objectivity/subjectivity discussing the difference between how things are and how things are perceived, and exploring the reasons for mistrusting our experiences about the “real” external objects. References are made to the theories of Locke, Berkley, Russell, etc. presenting a review of arguments on the debate about the reliability of perceptions.

 

KEYWORDS: Subjective perceptions, external reality,