Professor Marc-Wogau's Theorie der Sinnesdata
by C. D. Broad
Published in Mind LVI, No. 221 (1947): 1-30; No. 222 (1947): 97-131.
INTRODUCTION.
- Preliminary Remarks on Terminology.
- Preliminary Sketch of Marc-Wogau's Theory.
SECTION I. GENERAL PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS
- Particular Individuals.
- Identity and Difference.
- Existence.
- Material Things.
- the Self-Identity of a thing through time.
- the Unity of a thing in relation to its many contemporary aspects.
SECTION II. MARC-WOGAU'S OWN ACCOUNT OF
SENSE-PERCEPTION AND ITS OBJECTS.
- Macroscopic Objects.
- Microscopic and Ultra-microscopic Objects.
SECTION III. MARC-WOGEAU'S EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN ARGUMENTS FOR ALTERNATIVE TIIEORIES.
- Argument frown Hallucination and Illusion.
- Argument from Solidity.
- Argument from Continuity.
- Argument from Certainty and Uncertainty about Existence.
- Argument from Covariance.
- Russell's Argument about Colour.
- Argument from the finite Velocity of Light.
SECTION IV. MARC-WOGAU'S ATTITUDE TO
PHENOMENALISM.
- Philosophical Analysis in General.
- Equivalence, Identity of Content, and Sameness of Meaning.
- Is Phenomenalism possible?
- The relative Certainty of M-propositions and S-propositions.
CONCLUSION.
Transcribed into hypertext by Andrew Chrucky, April 16, 2001.