naive realist

English

Noun

naive realist (plural naive realists)

1. Alternative form of naïve realist
   • 1918 July, James H. Hyslop, “Predicaments in Philosophy”, in The Monist, volume 28, number 3, Chicago: Open Court, →OCLC, page 367:

     We generally express the situation by saying that the naive realist, who is the unsophisticated layman, assumes that he perceives things as they are, and that the idealist assumes that we do not perceive reality as it is or per se. The naive realist does not think of the antithesis between sensation and reality as the idealist does. To him things are as they appear.

Adjective

naive realist (comparative more naive realist, superlative most naive realist)

1. Alternative form of naïve realist
   • 1982, Peter Y. Windt, An Introduction to Philosophy, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., →ISBN, page 503:

     In such a view, of course, perception is a highly reliable source of knowledge—in fact, it may be too reliable. For it is hard to see, in the naive realist account, how it is possible for us ever to make mistakes. If we always perceive things as they really are, how could error be possible? Yet, errors do occur.