According to Shepherd, the question concerning our knowledge of the existence of body, "it is recollection, which taking notice of the whole of our perceptions, and of their mutual relations, affords those proofs of body which first generate, and after examination will substantiate, the belief of its existence."

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Mary Shepherd argues that it is not recollection but the immediate perception of an external world that provides the basis for our belief in the existence of bodies. She emphasizes the role of causal inference from our perceptions to the existence of an external cause, rather than mere recollection of perceptions and their relations.

According to Shepherd, the Question Concerning Our Knowledge of the Existence