presentative realism

Dewey favors the naïve standpoint, and affirms that presentative realism is tainted by an epistemological subjectivism.

Dewey draws a distinction, at this point, between naïve and presentative realism, employing, by way of illustration, the 'star' illusion, which turns upon the peculiar fact that a star may be seen upon the earth long after it has ceased to exist.