RT Article
T1 Aquinas' Theory of Knowledge and the Representative Theory of Perception
JF Aisthema
VO 5
IS 1
SP 109
OP 126
A1 Renani, Ali Abedi
LA English
PB [publisher not identified]
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1683545079
AB The representative theory of perception is one of the realist theories of perception which maintains we do not have direct access to the objects of perception; our ideas represent some objective objects in the world. In this paper, I will address the question about the representative nature of mental ideas from a Thomistic perspective. I will explore if some Thomists are entitled to claim that Aquinas' theory of knowledge based on his metaphysics can provide a basis for resolving this issue. I will argue that this question is wrong-headed and it should be replaced with the following question: If we assume the existence of a real world and that we are not under the influence of hallucination, how we can know that our ideas truly represent the world?
K1 Hylomorphism
K1 representative theory of perception
K1 Thomism
K1 Truth
K1 the identity Theory of Truth