Object Present

Some articles on objects, object:

Direct And Indirect Realism - Arguments Against Direct Realism - The Argument From Illusion
... not infallible and may misrepresent objects to us even when in full working order (e.g ... illusion seemingly shows the need to posit sense-data as the immediate objects of perception ... In cases of illusion or hallucination, the object has qualities that no public physical object in that situation has and so must be distinct from any such object ...

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