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    Challenges→Reid's direct theory of perception delivers knowledge of the external world.

    If the same perceptual mechanism produces both veridical and illusory experiences indistinguishably, Reid's direct theory cannot internally differentiate knowledge from error.

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    • 1.Perceptual mechanisms that produce indistinguishable veridical and illusory experiences lack intrinsic markers differentiating truth from falsehood.
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    • 2.Direct realism cannot appeal to external verification without abandoning its core claim that perception directly accesses reality without intermediaries.
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    • 3.Without internal differentiation, subjects cannot distinguish knowledge from error at the moment of experience, undermining Reid's account of perceptual justification.
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    • 1.Reid's account includes non-perceptual faculties (reflection, reason) that can differentiate experiences post-hoc without requiring perceptual indistinguishability.
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    • 2.The indistinguishability premise conflates subjective phenomenology with metaphysical access; direct perception can still yield knowledge despite subjective indistinguishability.
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    • 3.Context, background beliefs, and causal histories can provide internal differentiation that doesn't depend on the perceptual mechanism itself producing distinct experiences.
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    knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.)
    Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.

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