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Single Idea 6467
[filed under theme 12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / b. Nature of sense-data
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Full Idea
No sensibile is ever a datum to two people at once.
Clarification
A 'sensibile' is the singular of 'sensibilia', which seem to be potential sense-data
Gist of Idea
No sensibile is ever a datum to two people at once
Source
Bertrand Russell (The Relation of Sense-Data to Physics [1914], §VII)
Book Ref
Russell,Bertrand: 'Mysticism and Logic' [Unwin 1989], p.152
A Reaction
So a loud bang has to broken down into an almost infinite number of sound sensibilia - each one presumably the size of the apperture of a small ear. This is beginning to sound a bit silly.
The
18 ideas
from 'The Relation of Sense-Data to Physics'
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6483
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Russell held that we are aware of states of our own brain
[Russell, by Robinson,H]
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8244
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Sense-data are qualities devoid of subjectivity, which are the basis of science
[Russell, by Deleuze/Guattari]
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6459
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We do not know whether sense-data exist as objects when they are not data
[Russell]
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6458
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Individuating sense-data is difficult, because they divide when closely attended to
[Russell]
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6460
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'Sensibilia' are identical to sense-data, without actually being data for any mind
[Russell]
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6461
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Ungiven sense-data can no more exist than unmarried husbands
[Russell]
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6462
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Sense-data are not mental, but are part of the subject-matter of physics
[Russell]
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6463
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Sense-data are objects, and do not contain the subject as part, the way beliefs do
[Russell]
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6464
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Sense-data are usually objects within the body, but are not part of the subject
[Russell]
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6470
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Matter is the limit of appearances as distance from the object diminishes
[Russell]
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6465
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We need not deny substance, but there seems no reason to assert it
[Russell]
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6466
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Where possible, logical constructions are to be substituted for inferred entities
[Russell]
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6467
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No sensibile is ever a datum to two people at once
[Russell]
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6468
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There is 'private space', and there is also the 'space of perspectives'
[Russell]
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6469
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Sense-data may be subjective, if closing our eyes can change them
[Russell]
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6471
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The assumption by physicists of permanent substance is not metaphysically legitimate
[Russell]
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6472
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Continuity is a sufficient criterion for the identity of a rock, but not for part of a smooth fluid
[Russell]
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6473
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Physical things are series of appearances whose matter obeys physical laws
[Russell]
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