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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / a. Concept of matter

21706	At first matter is basic and known by sense-data; later Russell says matter is constructed [Russell, by Linsky,B]
	Full Idea: In the beginning Russell's ontology included matter as basic, to be known, however, only by inference from sense-data. By the end he wanted to 'contruct' matter from sense-data.
	From: report of Bertrand Russell (The Analysis of Matter [1927]) by Bernard Linsky - Russell's Metaphysical Logic 1
	A reaction: [see also p.133] Russell always seems to have been a robust realist about the external world, but the later view seems a lot less realist than the earlier view.