The view that we do not directly experience objects but only the ideas they produce within us is known as
A) subjective idealism.
B) immaterialism.
C) representative realism.
D) subjective relativism.

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The view that we do not directly experience objects but only the ideas they produce within us is called representative realism. This position holds that our perception of the world is mediated by mental representations or ideas that correspond to external objects. It is a middle ground between direct realism (which asserts that we perceive objects directly) and idealism (which claims that there is no external world).

The View That We Do Not Directly Experience Objects but Only