  Not all accept the metaphysical assumption that mental events (or states) have a ‘fundamental’ kind. A disjunctive theory of perception is often adopted in defence of a particular account of veridical perception, such as naïve realism, and Byrne and Logue (2008) question whether any controversial claim about fundamental kinds is needed in order to defend a naïve realist view of veridical perception. They suggest that one may hold a naïve realist view according to which mind-independent objects, such as tables and trees, are constituents of the experience one has when one veridically perceives the world, without being committed to a further claim about what the essence of such episodes consists in. They also note that naïve realism is often motivated by phenomenological considerations, and they question whether introspective reflection on the phenomenology of the experience one has when one veridically perceives the world puts one in a position to learn anything about the essence of the experience one is having.