Single Idea 3901

[catalogued under 12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / c. Primary qualities]

Full Idea

Touch seems to deliver a purely primary-quality account of the world.

Clarification

Primary qualities are in the object, not the perceiver

Gist of Idea

Touch only seems to reveal primary qualities

Source

Roger Scruton (Modern Philosophy:introduction and survey [1994], 24)

Book Reference

Scruton,Roger: 'Modern Philosophy: introduction and survey' [Sinclair-Stevenson 1994], p.341


A Reaction

Interesting, though a little over-confident. It seems occasionally possible for touch to be an illusion.