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ness)? It means that in case the object itself was totally colourless etc., it would not have been possible for different percipients to have congruous perception of the same object.
5. Possibility of Dissimilar Perceptions :
Here it should be noted that sometimes the same object is perceived by different consciousness to possess unidentical properties of colour etc. But this unlikeness is caused only due to the variance in the capacities of the percipients and meaas used by them. For example, colour-blind persons cannot distinguish between the various clours. But this is obviously due to their subjective inability, and not the objective unity of the colours. In the same way, it is possible that the same thing may be perceived to have two different tastes when it is perceived by two percipients. But this does not mean that there does not exist any taste objectively in the object. Actually, the dissimilarity in perceptions is caused by the difference in the construction and capability of the tasting equipments (i.e. tongues) of the two persons. It is clear that the 'taste' which is comprehended by us in our perception is actually created as a result of biochemical and physical interaction between the real taste existing objectively in the perceived object and the tasting equipment. Hence, in case there is the slightest variance in the tasting equipments of two percipients, the taste experienced by them would also be unidentical.
6. Mathematical Symbols :
The above phenomenon can easily be understood by simple mathematical symbols. Let L denote the objective taste, B, and B, denote the constants (or functions) of the tasting equipments of two percipients A and B resp. and, V, and V, denote the tastes perceived by A and B resp. then,
1 + B2 = V:-(1) and L + Bg = V,—(2)
