Thus phenomenalism sought to reduce all statements to statements about immediately perceived sense-data. |
Another reason for Russell's reversion to realism was his recognition that the notion of causality is problematic for phenomenalism. |
Ayer by now thought phenomenalism was unsuccessful in this attempt, and again reductionism would not work for the future cases. |
Edwards' mental phenomenalism is a natural extension of his occasionalism and views on substance. |
These ideologies exploit phenomenalism and theoreticism respectively, allowing neocolonialists to factualize literature and ultranationalists to fictionalize history. |
In so far as subjectivism reduces reality to states of knowledge, such as perceptions or ideas, it is phenomenalism. |