How to be a (direct) realist
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My aim in this paper is arguing for a certain version of direct realism, which I take to be the best way of being (simply) realist about the existence of the external world. The idea is that, if one wants to be a realist about the existence of the external world (and I take for granted, without justification, that one should want it), one should endorse a direct-realist theory of perception. In other words, realism is best vindicated by direct realism in philosophy of perception.
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