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To put the matter in Aristotelian terminology, visual impressions are prior in the order of being to concepts pertaining to physical color, whereas the latter are prior in the order of knowing to concepts pertaining to visual impressions.

Wilfrid Sellars

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Wilfrid Sellars
Age: 77 †
Born: 1912
Born: May 20
Died: 1989
Died: July 2
Philosopher
University Teacher
Michigan
United States
Wilfrid Stalker Sellars
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