blog writing #argument reconstruction: what it means for a conception of a perception to be “naïve”

“Raineri argues that naïve realism “should not be taken to simply articulate our ‘common-sense’ conception of perception, but rather the conception of experience we gain when we ‘pretheoretically’ introspect a veridical perceptual experience” (3645). The study deals with argument reconstruction, and it will reconstruct the first argument. The argument contains parts that need to be reconstructed like “pretheoretically,” and “veridical perceptual experience.” Raineri implies that veridical perceptual experience is one that individuals get when they phenomenally agree with their physical environment. Pretheoretically means an understanding that comes up before any theoretical considerations.