(February 1, 2016 at 12:12 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:(February 1, 2016 at 12:10 am)bennyboy Wrote: I'm trying not to resort to the discussion of qualia, but allow me for a second for clarification. When I see an apple, and I experience its redness, are you saying that redness is a facet of the idea "apple"?
Redness is a facet of the idea that is an image of an apple. The concept of redness may play a part in the non-image idea of an apple.
It seems to me that the "apple" idea is a conglomeration of multiple more elemental ideas, including those of redness, shine, a sphere deformed in a particular way, etc. Is this what you are saying?
How about the least detectable red light, like the kind they sometimes use in eye exams? You know, just a few photons in a little blink. This redness is not part of any other idea, i.e. it is not a facet but rather a simple percept. Would you say this is still to be called an idea?
