Full Idea
We may summarise my way of looking at appearing by saying that so-called appearances or sense-data are 'affections' or 'modifications' of the person who is said to experience them.
Gist of Idea
So called 'sense-data' are best seen as 'modifications' of the person experiencing them
Source
Roderick Chisholm (Person and Object [1976], 1.8)
Book Reference
Chisholm,Roderick: 'Person and Object' [Open Court 1976], p.50
A Reaction
Hm. That seems to transfer the ontological problem of the redness of the tomato from the tomato to the perceiver, but leave the basic difficulty untouched. I think we need to pull apart the intrinsic and subjective ingredients here.