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Full Idea
The Adverbial Theory of perception holds that the predicates which other theories take as picking out the properties of objects are really adverbs of the perceptual verb; ..instead of strange objects, we just have properties of experiences.
Clarification
'Adverbial' because we don't see a blue object, we 'see bluely'
Gist of Idea
The adverbial theory of perceptions says it is the experiences which have properties, not the objects
Source
Tim Crane (Elements of Mind [2001], 5.42)
Book Ref
Crane,Tim: 'Elements of Mind' [OUP 2001], p.138
A Reaction
Promising. It fits secondary qualities all right, but what about primary? I 'see bluely', but can I 'see squarely'?