How does belief in raw contact with the world explain different observers observing the same thing differently?
E.g. “jaundiced eye” seeing the world with yellow tint
Benoist: perception is clearly dependent on where you are
The fact it is perspectival does not take away from the fact we are in direct contact
However we also have different faculties which cause differences beyond geometry (diseases, enhancements).
The yellow of jaundiced eye is just as much a reality and fact of perception as seeing a stick broken in the water.
There is a temptation to think when our perspective has dramatically affected the experience of some aspect of reality (stick), that it’s no longer the stick which we are perceiving
(even though it is the stick, even if it looks different than how we’re used to it - it’s just the reality of optics that viewed a certain way the experience of a stick is broken)
JL Austin: does anyone expect a stick, if it’s actually straight, has to appear to be straight under all circumstances?
It is wrong of philosophers to conclude from examples like this that our subjectivity is in between us and contact with reality.
Our subjectivity is just us being ourselves as we are in relation to the reality.
Subjectivity just captures the factors of perception which are dependent on the perceiver’s location/faculties
Subjectivity is just one aspect of the reality of perception (direct contact with the world).