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Full Idea
In the case of vision, sense data are a kind of inner picture show which itself only indirectly represents aspects of the external world.
Gist of Idea
Visual sense data are an inner picture show which represents the world
Source
Simon Blackburn (Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy [1994], p.347)
Book Ref
Blackburn,Simon: 'Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy' [OUP 1996], p.347
A Reaction
I'm unsure whether this is correct. Russell says the 'roughness' of the table is the sense datum. If it is even a possibility that there are unsensed sense-data, then they cannot be an aspect of the mind, as Blackburn is suggesting they are.
| 2864 | The main objection to intuitionism in ethics is that intuition is a disguise for prejudice or emotion [Blackburn] |
| 2865 | Critics of prescriptivism observe that it is consistent to accept an ethical verdict but refuse to be bound by it [Blackburn] |
| 2866 | A true belief might be based on a generally reliable process that failed on this occasion [Blackburn] |
| 6451 | Visual sense data are an inner picture show which represents the world [Blackburn] |