The Case for Metaphysical Idealism [Advanced] | The Problem of Perception and Physical Anti-Realism

Nikolaj Pilgaard Petersen, PhD. The problem of perception, physical realism vs. anti-realism, metaphysical idealism.

0:00 Introduction - metaphysical idealism
3:38 The Problem of Perception
4:00 Phenomenalism
5:08 Direct realism
9:12 Representative perception
10:51 Objections against representative/indirect realism
13:54 Summary - perception
14:50 Physical realism vs. anti-realism
15:46 Objections against physical realism
18:10 Arguments for physical realism likely being true
20:10 Arguments against likely physical realism and materialism
23:27 Non-physical external realism and representative perception - idealism
26:06 Conclusion
27:43 References

(Selected) references (for full list, see end of video):
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Jackson, F. (1977), Perception: A Representative Theory, Cambridge University Press.
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