Direct knowledge
Direct knowledge
A thing is said to be known directly when our cognition terminates in and refers immediately to the thing itself; a thing is known reflexly, when our cognition terminates in and refers immediately to the image or concept of the thing previously known. E.g. I know man directly upon seeing him, but upon seeing his image, I know him reflexly, because then I know him through the cognition of the image. — H.G.