(February 1, 2016 at 8:24 pm)bennyboy Wrote:We may also look at an apple and say, "Aha! That's an apple." (silently, of course)(February 1, 2016 at 12:12 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: 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?
(February 1, 2016 at 8:24 pm)bennyboy Wrote: 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?
When we think of color it is always as 'something' colored. That's a composite perception. If you want to call that an idea, I won't argue with it. Are you going anyplace in particular with this?