You should now notice the difference between the various cases in which
we say that an experience consists of several
elements || experiences or that it is a
compound
experience.
We might say to the doctor, “I don't have one pain;
I
have two: toothache and headache.”
And one might express this by saying, “My experience of pain is not simple, but compound, I toothache and
headache.”
Compare with this case that in whic
h I say, “I
have got both pains in my stomach and a general feeling of
sickness.”
Here I don't separate the constituent experiences by pointing
to two localities of pain.
Or consider this statement: “When I drink
sweet tea, my taste
experience is a compound of the taste
of sugar and the taste of tea.”
Or again: “If I hear
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the C
major chord my experience is composed of
hearing C, E, and
G.”
And, on the other hand, “I hear a piano playing and some noise
in the street.”
A most instructive example is this: in a song words are sung to
certain notes.
In what sense is the experience of hearing the vowel
a
sung to the note C a composite one?
Ask yourself in each of these cases: What is it like to
single out the constituent experiences in the compound
experience?