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Single Idea 2775

[from 'Intro to Contemporary Epistemology' by Jonathan Dancy, in 12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / b. Nature of sense-data ]

Full Idea

The question whether something which appears as datum should remain as accepted fact is one which is not even partially determined by its origin as datum.

Gist of Idea

It is not clear from the nature of sense data whether we should accept them as facts

Source

Jonathan Dancy (Intro to Contemporary Epistemology [1985], 8.5)

Book Reference

Dancy,Jonathan: 'Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology' [Blackwell 1985], p.123