What is the Indirect Realist theory of perception? Is it a defensible position?

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For instance, when we see a car we are not seeing the actual object but just a representation of that object. Indirect realists believe that there is no way of having first hand knowledge of the real world because everything we perceive is done so via a perceptual intermediary. There is a three part journey in the theory of indirect realism which is; the perceiver, who perceives the perception, which represents the object itself...
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There is a three part journey in the theory of indirect realism which is; the perceiver, who perceives the perception, which represents the object itself. This of course differs from naive realism which only has a two part journey; the perceiver perceives the object. Perhaps the most common argument supporting the indirect realists view is the argument from illusion...
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