Full Idea
The world's impressions on our senses are already possessed of conceptual content.
Gist of Idea
Sense impressions already have conceptual content
Source
John McDowell (Mind and World [1994], I.6)
Book Reference
McDowell,John: 'Mind and World' [Harvard 1996], p.18
A Reaction
This is a key idea of McDowell's, which challenges most traditional empiricist views, and (maybe) offers a solution to the rationalist/empiricist debate. His commitment to the 'space of reasons' strikes me as an optional extra.