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    It is not the case that We cannot know that an idea is an adequate representation by comparing the idea with the object as it exists apart from representation.

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    • 1.Direct realists (Reid, Pryor) hold that perception gives unmediated access to objects, bypassing the idea-as-intermediary model entirely.
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    • 2.If perception is not representational but relational, the regress problem in comparing idea to object never arises.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Wittgenstein's rule-following considerations show that correctness of representation is established through public practice and use, not private comparison.
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    • 2.If adequacy is determined by intersubjective agreement and successful application, we need no object-apart-from-representation as a benchmark.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.To know something, on the Classical view, is to represent it.
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    • 2.Comparing an idea with an object as it exists apart from representation would require knowing the object without a representation.
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    • 3.Knowing an object without a representation is impossible on the Classical view.
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