Full Idea
In consciousness the subject distinguishes the representation from the subject and object, and relates it to both.
Gist of Idea
Subjects distinguish representations, as related both to subject and object
Source
Karl Leonhard Reinhold (Foundations of Philosophical Knowledge [1791], p.78), quoted by Terry Pinkard - German Philosophy 1760-1860 04
Book Reference
Pinkard,Terry: 'German Philosophy 1760-1860' [CUP 2002], p.99
A Reaction
This is a reminder that twentieth century analytic discussions of perception were largely recapitulating late Enlightenment German philosophy. This is a very good definition of sense-data. I can think about my representations. Reinhold was a realist.
Related Idea
Idea 22014 Consciousness is not entirely representational, because there are pains, and the self [Schulze, by Pinkard]