Baby Idealist

The baby idealist says, "The duck is wet. I feel the duck is wet. My mind tells me it is wet; I feel it, and what I feel is real."

Pondering: How does the baby begin to think that the duck is wet? Is it because there is a physical sensation associated with the word “wet” that her mother keeps uttering at the side of the tub?

See…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idealist

…epistemological idealism (also known as the "way of ideas"), asserts that minds are aware of or perceive only their own ideas, and not external objects.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=idealist&searchmode=none
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