Can disjunctivists explain our access to the sensible world?

Philosophical Issues 21 (1):384-433 (2011)
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Develops an empirical argument against naive realism-disjunctivism: if naive realists accept "internal dependence", then they cannot explain the evolution of perceptual success. Also presents a puzzle about our knowledge of universals.

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10.1111/j.1533-6077.2011.00209.x

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