The Problem of Perception

In a major contribution to the theory of perception, A. D. Smith presents a truly original defense of direct realism—the view that in perception we are directly aware of things in the physical world.

The Problem of Perception offers two arguments against direct realism—one concerning illusion, and one concerning hallucination—that no current theory of perception can adequately rebut. Smith then develops a theory of perception that does succeed in answering these arguments; and because these...