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    It is not the case that The senses cannot provide immediate knowledge of the true nature of movements that impinge upon them

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    • 1.Aristotle's doctrine of proper sensibles holds that each sense faculty directly and infallibly apprehends its own characteristic object (e.g., color, sound).
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    • 2.If the senses directly grasp proper sensibles without error, then perceptual acquaintance constitutes a form of immediate knowledge of the causal properties producing those qualities.
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    • 3.The distinction between 'preservation value' and 'true nature' collapses if the causal structure of an object just is what makes it harmful or beneficial.
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    • 1.Reid's direct realism holds that perception involves non-inferential, immediate apprehension of external objects and their primary qualities via natural signs.
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    • 2.If natural signs reliably and constitutively disclose the mechanical properties of impinging bodies, then sensory knowledge of those properties is immediate rather than mediated by inference.
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    • 3.The functional role of a cognitive state in guiding preservation does not preclude that same state from simultaneously carrying veridical content about physical movement.
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    • 1.The senses serve to promote preservation of life by immediately indicating which particular bodies are harmful or profitable
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    • 2.If the senses gave immediate knowledge of the true nature of movements impinging upon them, they could not simultaneously indicate which bodies are good or harmful
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    • 3.Thoughts are successive, so the senses must respond first and foremost to the preservation value of a particular object
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