 Conservative views are those according to which these sorts of judgments are by and large correct. Giving a precise characterization of conservatism, or of ordinary objects, is no easy task. Very roughly, ordinary objects are objects belonging to kinds that we are naturally inclined to regard as having instances on the basis of our perceptual experiences: dog, tree, table, and so forth. Extraordinary objects, by contrast, are macroscopic objects belonging to kinds that we are not ordinarily inclined to regard as having instances. (More on these in  §1.3.)  And conservatism is roughly the view that there are just the ordinary objects and none of the extraordinary  objects.[1]