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    It is not the case that Reid's theory of visual perception does not share the same foibles as the Way of Ideas, despite involving visible figures in the perceptual process

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    • 1.Visible figures in Reid's theory are radically unlike ideas
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    • 2.Visible figure is a relational property between physical objects and the eyes of perceivers, not merely a representational intermediary
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    • 3.Ideas, by contrast, lack the relational characteristics that visible figures possess
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