May one rightly understand knowledge of something, x, as being produced by our having "first-hand" perceptual experience of x?

May one rightly understand knowledge of something, x, as being produced by our having "first-hand" perceptual experience of x? Contrast this common belief with Descartes' view of how knowledge is created. Which is more plausible?
<Tab/>A common belief of knowledge is understood as having "first-hand" perceptual experience of x for one to rightly understand knowledge of something x. My belief is the same as Descartes' belief. Descartes rejects, as though false, all types of knowledge by which he was ever deceived. His view of how knowledge is created is based on authority is…