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1908 Nov 7
Logic
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is as such that it is taken as the object of the verb, or
phrase equivalent to a possible verb, the phrase "to be directly aware
of." Your objection was entirely pertinent; but I trust that my
amendment of what I first said obviates it. But you hinted that
you had a second objection to propose.

You. Yes; frankly, I cannot conceive how you can say you were
"directly aware" of the obtuse isoceles triangle. Rays of light from it
impinged upon the extremities of the cones and rods of each of your
ocular retinae; thereupon you became aware of the triangle contrasting
in color with the sky and the sea. Now it seems to me that you
must at once have received color-sensations from the excitations of
the cones, or those of the rods, or both. I don't mean to insist that
the sensation begins before the chemical disturbance reaches the

1908 Nov 7
Logic
17

is as such that it is taken as the object of the verb, or
phrase equivalent to a possible verb, the phrase "to be directly aware
of." Your objection was entirely pertinent; but I trust that my
amendment of what I first said obviates it. But you hinted that
you had a second objection to propose.
You. Yes; frankly, I cannot conceive how you can say you were
"directly aware" of the obtuse isoceles triangle. Rays of light from it
impinged upon the extremities of the cones and rods of each of your
ocular retinae; thereupon you became aware of the triangle contrasting
in color with the sky and the sea. Now it seems to me that you
must at once have received color-sensations from the excitations of
the cones, or those of the rods, or both. I don't mean to insist that
the sensation begins before the chemical disturbance reaches the