A causal intermediary producing perceptual difficulty is not thereby the object of perception, as Grice's causal theory of perception distinguishes the veridical object from its causal chain.

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Causal theory of perception(as used in philosophy of perception): The idea that we perceive the world because objects cause physical effects on our senses, which our brains then interpret as experiences.
Grice(as a philosopher who developed the theory being discussed): Paul Grice was a 20th-century philosopher who studied how we communicate meaning through language, especially the difference between what words literally say and what speakers actually mean by them.
Object of perception(as used in epistemology): The actual thing you're perceiving—for example, if you see a tree, the tree is the object of perception, not the light rays bouncing off it.
Perceptual difficulty(as used in epistemology): A problem or obstacle that makes it hard for you to perceive (see, hear, etc.) something clearly.
Veridical object(as used in perception theory): The real, actual thing you're perceiving—the thing that truly exists and causes your perception, as opposed to illusions or mistakes.
causal chain(Avicenna's cosmological argument in Ilāhiyyāt VIII): An ordered series of causes within a given causal type (formal, material, efficient, or final) that Avicenna argues must terminate in a First Cause
causal intermediary(example: tar in the lungs as intermediary between smoking and lung cancer): A factor D that lies on the causal path between C and E, such that C causes E via D

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