Full Idea
Can we form a conception of a type of mind whose representations are free of secondary quality perceptions?
Gist of Idea
Could there be a mind which lacked secondary quality perception?
Source
Colin McGinn (Subjective View: sec qualities and indexicals [1983], 6)
Book Reference
McGinn,Colin: 'The Subjective View' [OUP 1983], p.73
A Reaction
Nice question. Minds must have experiences, and there has to be a 'way' or 'mode' for those experiences. A mind which directly grasped the primary quality of sphericity would seem to be visionary rather than sensual or experiential.