Single Idea 18280

[catalogued under 12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / a. Sense-data theory]

Full Idea

The world we live in is the world of sense-data, but the world we talk about is the world of physical objects.

Gist of Idea

We live in sense-data, but talk about physical objects

Source

Ludwig Wittgenstein (Lectures 1930-32 (student notes) [1931], p.82), quoted by J. Alberto Coffa - The Semantic Tradition from Kant to Carnap 13 'Verif'

Book Reference

Coffa,J.Alberto: 'The Semantic Tradition from Kant to Carnap' [CUP 1993], p.245


A Reaction

I really like that one. Even animals, I surmise, think of objects quite differently from the way they immediately experience them.