A+sensation

//A sensation: "whenever we see a colour, we have a sensation of the colour, but the colour itself is a sense datum, not a sensation" (Bertrand Russell)//


 * Docta Jay discusses a quote in great depth**

Part I - An introduction of not so epic proportions

When asked to define a sensation, people think of a feeling. One they get when they are stimulated by some sort of stimulus. For example, when someone is hit in the head with a football, they maybe get dizzy. This being the sensation that is occuring as a result of being hit. This is essentially (by that i mean in a nut shell and by this i mean simplified) what Bertand Russell's quote is saying.

Part II - Part one of many

Now let us discuss the first part of Russell's quote "Whenever we see a colour, we have a sensation of the colour". So what sensation does a colour give us? I would say that for me personally, the sensations i get from seeing different colours are internal. Certain colours make me feel a certain way. For example, i've been brought up, or programmed, to associate colours like yellow, orange and other vibrant colours with feelings of joy and happiness. Of course this is merely my opinion and it is likely that these colours may stimulate different feelings in others, but the concept remains the same that when we do see a colour, we have experience a sensation directly stemming from the particular colour.

Part III - Part two of many, minus one

Now let's look at the second part of the quote which says "but the colour itself is a sense datum, not a sensation". This is very true. When we see a colour, we are not having a sensation of "blue" or "green". We are experiencing a sensation induced by the colour. The colour itself is known as a "sense datum", this referring to whatever stimulates the sensation, which is the colour in this this case

Part IV - To conclude, i say to thee...

Keep it realz.