Neutral Monism
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Hume, sense-data, sense impressions and atoms of experience
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Hume has an ingenious argument in favour of the existence of atoms of experience. He calls these sense impressions, but we tend to call them sense data. He imagines that he is looking at a coloured object, rather like the target in an archery contest. To visualist this, suppose the target is red. Then imagine stepping backwards from this object. As you step backwards the object gets smaller and smaller. At some point, Hume argues, if you step backwards one more time, the object will simply disappear. It is the point just before you step backwards that reveals the atom of perception – the smallest blob of colour that can be seen.
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Contents of
Neutral Monism
1 Sense data, atoms of perception
2 Hume, sense-data, sense impressions and atoms of experience
3 Entrapment within subjectivity, ideas
4 Neutral monism, realism, Russell, A.J. Ayer, Qualia
5 Is the whole a composite of its parts?
6 Space, time, continuity and atomism
7 Phenomenalism
8 The philosophy of logical atomism
9 Logical atomism, complex sentences and intensional contexts
10 Human identity in the context of naive realism
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