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5. What are the secondary qualities?

 

 

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>From anna grier:

Secondary qualities are the colors, sounds, odor, and taste of physical objects.

 

>rm says: There are a couple more. What, generally, are they?

>From anna grier:

hot/cold,texture.

 

>From mnchy:

Secondary qualities are color,odor,heat,cold,sound and taste etc.

>rm says: Yes. Still, the general characterization is lacking.


>From eddie garcia:
the secondary qualities are qualities that we experience through the five senses. these senses are sight,smell,touch,sound and taste.

 

>rm says: Good.

 

>From DM:

The secondary qualities are misleading senses.

 

>rm says: Or are our ideas of these immune from error?

 

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