Full Idea
'Sense redly' sounds peculiar, but 'senses redly-squarely' or 'red-squarely' or 'senses redly-squarely-tablely' and other variants sound far worse.
Gist of Idea
'Sense redly' sounds peculiar, but 'senses redly-squarely tablely' sounds far worse
Source
Howard Robinson (Perception [1994], VII.5)
Book Reference
Robinson,Howard: 'Perception' [Routledge 2001], p.174
A Reaction
This is a comment on the adverbial theory, which is meant to replace representative theories based on sense-data. The problem is not that it sounds weird; it is that while plain red can be a mode of perception, being a table obviously can't.
Related Idea
Idea 15817 If we can say a man senses 'redly', why not also 'rectangularly'? [Chisholm]