Russell claims that we cannot immediately know real objects in the external world because
A) They do not exist.
B) We are brains in vats.
C) All we immediately know are sense-data.
D) Both a and

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Russell argues that our direct experiences are of sense-data, not the objects themselves, which means we know the external world indirectly through the mediation of sense-data.

Russell Claims That We Cannot Immediately Know Real Objects in the External