Background
McGilvary, Evander Bradley was born on July 19, 1864 in Bangkok.
McGilvary, Evander Bradley was born on July 19, 1864 in Bangkok.
Davidson College, Princeton and University ot California.
McGilvary tried to solve the problem of illusion and hallucinations that the direct realists could not resolve satisfactorily W|th his doctrine of perspective realism. Accordlng to perspective realism, the objects do not Possess sensible qualities themselves. Instead sensible qualities are perceived from some perspective spatial, temporal, etc. Since all properties are relative, there would be no contradiction where the same table appears to be round and elliptical. If the perspective realist viewpoint is correct it seems that no perception could ever be erroneous!