Single Idea 7440

[catalogued under 12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / d. Secondary qualities]

Full Idea

I argue for the direct identification of the secondary qualities with microscopic primary qualities of physical things.

Gist of Idea

Secondary qualities are microscopic primary qualities of physical things

Source

David M. Armstrong (Pref to new 'Materialist Theory' [1992], p.xxii)

Book Reference

Armstrong,D.M.: 'A Materialist Theory of Mind' [Routledge 1993], p.-2


A Reaction

This sounds a bit like the eliminativism which Armstrong rejects. This seems in danger of mixing questions about the nature of mental events with questions about the nature of externally perceived objects.