Philosophy

Professor Edgars

October 24, 2005

Naïve Realism is a common sense position that supports the idea that objects exist outside and independent of our minds, and that we immediately experience such objects. According to this position, there is a direct correspondence between our perception of the object and the object itself. Philosopher, David Hume completely disregards this position and believes that there is a clear distinction between the object as it is in itself and the object as it appears to us. Hume believes that because of this distinction, no truth can be revealed. He states, "Nothing can ever be present to the mind but an image or perception" (Hume 104).

The only things that can be considered knowledge are those which can be proved through fact or definition. When one sees a circle, square, triangle, etc., it is considered true or real knowledge that the object...