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Full Idea
The taste of chocolate is presumably a 'finer-grained' sensation than the taste of sweetness.
Gist of Idea
The taste of chocolate is a 'finer-grained' sensation than the taste of sweetness
Source
Thomas W. Polger (Natural Minds [2004], Ch.1.4)
Book Ref
Polger,Thomas W.: 'Natural Minds' [MIT 2004], p.22
A Reaction
An interesting distinction when it comes to what they are like, and whether two very different brains can realise them. Sweetness might be the same for most creatures, but the tast of chocolate subtly different.