Sense data are themselves individuated by their qualitative character, so two subjectively identical sense data streams cannot ground determinate reference to numerically distinct causes.
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(Used to characterize the parts of the Form that must exist separately in each participant)
Being distinct in the sense of being different individual tokens, not merely different in kind or quality.
qualitative character(as used in metaphysics)
The specific qualities or features that make something what it is—its color, shape, texture, and so on. Two things have the same qualitative character if they look and feel completely identical.
sense data(Posited as what we directly perceive in place of physical objects)
Mind-dependent objects of immediate perceptual awareness that possess the properties things appear to have (e.g., the elliptical appearance when viewing a round penny)