The inference from 'all cognition is mediated' to 'all cognition yields only phenomenal knowledge' presupposes a representationalist model of perception that direct realism rejects.
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The view that the phenomenal character of experience supervenes on (or is determined by) representational properties
cognition(Interpretation of Kant's use of 'cognition' (Erkenntnis) as pertaining to meaning/intelligibility rather than merely knowledge)
A semantic notion (on the interpretation described)
inference(Nyāya epistemology)
A component of epistemology in Nyāya philosophy; a veritable inference yields knowledge about the world and must have premises that are themselves known
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.