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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / b. Primary/secondary
Light wavelengths entering the eye are only indirectly related to object colours [Dennett]
     Full Idea: The wavelengths of the light entering the eye are only indirectly related to the colours we see objects to be.
     From: Daniel C. Dennett (Consciousness Explained [1991], 12.2)
     A reaction: This is obviously bad news for naïve realism, but I also take it as good support for the primary/secondary distinction. I just can't make sense of anyone claiming that colour exists anywhere else except in the brain.