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helenS · 36-40, F
Your question has been discussed many times in the past. Perhaps the most famous answer comes from Ludwig Wittgenstein: the "Beetle in a Box" problem. Essentially, sensations that cannot be communicated are meaningless. It's from his Philosophical Investigations, perhaps the most important book of the 20th century, at least in the field of analytic philosophy.
Here's a nice introduction:
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x86hLtOkou8]
Here's a nice introduction:
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x86hLtOkou8]
@helenS I read some of his stuff in college