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Single Idea 3579

[filed under theme 12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / a. Sense-data theory ]

Full Idea

The point of insisting on the absolute immediacy of sense data is that representation always seems to involve the possibility of misrepresentation.

Gist of Idea

Sense data avoid the danger of misrepresenting the world

Source

Michael Williams (Problems of Knowledge [2001], Ch. 8)

Book Ref

Williams,Michael: 'Problems of Knowledge' [OUP 2001], p.97