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Full Idea
We examine objects to determine their colour; we do not introspect.
Gist of Idea
We examine objects to determine colour; we do not introspect
Source
Frank Jackson (From Metaphysics to Ethics [1998], Ch.3)
Book Ref
Jackson,Frank: 'From Metaphysics to Ethics' [OUP 2000], p.89
A Reaction
Interesting, but the theory of secondary qualities did not arise from experience, but from a theory about what is actually going on. Compare pain appearing to be in your foot.