Evaluation:
Published: 22.11.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous', 1.
Extract

Philonous, in Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, attacks Hylas arguments toward the distinction between primary and secondary qualities. The distinction between primary and secondary qualities is a peculiarity between qualities which depend for their existence on the relation between an object and a perceptual device. An example of this would be smell and color, which has properties that an object has independently of any perceiver.
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