The Evidence of the Senses: A Realist Theory of Perception

The Evidence of the Senses: A Realist Theory of Perception by Kelley, David. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780807114766.

In this highly original defense of realism, David Kelley argues that perception is the discrimination of objects as entities, that the awareness of these objects is direct, and that perception is a reliable foundation for empirical knowledge. His argument relies on the basic principle of the "primacy of existence," in opposition to Cartesian representationalism and Kantian idealism.