Full Idea
If primary and secondary qualities are distinct, what do secondary qualities inhere in?
Clarification
Presumably a quality is OF something
Gist of Idea
If primary and secondary qualities are distinct, what has the secondary qualities?
Source
Roger Scruton (Modern Philosophy:introduction and survey [1994], Ch.10 n)
Book Reference
Scruton,Roger: 'Modern Philosophy: introduction and survey' [Sinclair-Stevenson 1994], p.524
A Reaction
What is the problem? A pin causes me pain, but I know the pain isn't in the pin. It is the same with colour. It is a mental property, if you like, triggered by a wavelength of radiation.