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sensibilia

British  
/ ˌsɛnsɪˈbɪlɪə /

noun

  1. that which can be sensed

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of sensibilia

Latin, neuter plural of sensibilis sensible


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Some scientists have argued that most of our language acquisition can be explained by associative learning, as we relate sounds to sensibilia, much like dogs associate the sound of a bell with food.

From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

Any such appearance would be included among sensibilia.

From Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays by Bertrand Russell

I should hope that, with further elaboration, the part played by unperceived "sensibilia" could be indefinitely diminished, probably by invoking the history of a "thing" to eke out the inferences derivable from its momentary appearance.

From Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays by Bertrand Russell

The "thing" is a whole system of "sensibilia," and it is only those visual "sensibilia" which are data to the percipient that are duplicated.

From Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays by Bertrand Russell

If—per impossibile—there were a complete human body with no mind inside it, all those sensibilia would exist, in relation to that body, which would be sense-data if there were a mind in the body.

From Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays by Bertrand Russell

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