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Single Idea 4153

[catalogued under 11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism]

Full Idea

Are sense-data the material of which the universe is made?

Gist of Idea

Are sense-data the material of which the universe is made?

Source

Ludwig Wittgenstein (Philosophical Investigations [1952], §401)

Book Reference

Wittgenstein,Ludwig: 'Philosophical Investigations', ed/tr. Anscombe,E. [Blackwell 1972], p.121


A Reaction

Presumably the question is meant to be absurd, and to a realist it is. You can't serious think that a filing cabinet is made of sensations.