when is Schroedinger's cat dead, and when is it not?

Naive realism is the view that "the world and the things in it" exist independently of humans.

Therefore, if i follow you, all realism is naive. You might as well drop the 'naive' qualification then, which is nothing short of an insult.

What's your theory of origins? Whence do humans come from?

Ps: epistemology is the best branch of metaphysics, the one that grounds knowledge in empiricism, tells us what we can and cannot know scientifically, and calls for parsimony beyond empirical facts. It's essentially a critique of classic metaphysics from the inside, asking 'what do the facts tell us?' and answering (in short): 'not as much as we often assume, so let's stay away from grandiose unsupported claims'.

Take this up with the High Priest of the English Language Setanta. I borrowed the phrase from him.

Naïve realism, also known as direct realism or common sense realism, is a philosophy of mind rooted in a theory of perception that claims that the senses provide us with direct awareness of the external world.

Whence hath this man this wisdom?

Clown!

Naive realism is a technical term...

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Naïve realism, also known as direct realism or common sense realism, is a philosophy of mind rooted in a theory of perception that claims that the senses provide us with direct awareness of the external world.

...but I am quite happy to confess to using the term disdainfully to fools who have done no reading, and are dismissive about the positions of renowned thinkers from Kant onwards who have rejected it.

My own research in epistemology leads me to reject your view of it, but as stated above I do not intend to engage in repetitive banter here. Reference to my posting archive will yield all I wish to say about concepts such as "reality","facts", "observation" and "pragmatism".

And Schoedinger's Cat is supposed to help explain the Observer Effect.

exactly

and that is what realivity is all about , the " observer " , but not the object its self, which is more important really

Disdain is cheap. You can get tons of it for nothing, every one of us make some. I for one disdain people who pretend to be learned but are in fact just throwing everything they misread into some amorphous, unstructured mixture of pseudo-philosophical platitudes... and swirl the whole thing into some **** storm or another.