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Do colours, sounds and odours as we experience them exist out there in the external world? I think so.
| Source | https://ian-wardell.blogspot.com/2023/08/do-colours-sounds-and-odours-as-we.html |
| Author | Ian Wardell |
| Published | 2023-08-24, 12:42 PM |
| Summary | 1. IntroductionCommon sense holds that what has been labelled the secondary qualities, such as colours, sounds and odours, exist out there in the world independently of us. For example, grass really is green regardless of whether anyone is looking at it or not – that is, it is an objective feature of the world. In stark contrast, academics and the scientifically educated overwhelmingly reject this view. They hold that colours, sounds, odours and the other secondary qualities do not exist out the |
| Discovered via | Ian Wardell: Philosophical Thoughts |
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