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Jul 24, 2009 · Declaring that explicating extension in terms of partes extra partes would be tautological (E II.iii.15, p. 173) and declining to answer the question of whether space is substance or accident (E II.iii.17, p. 174), Locke describes our idea of “pure Space” (E II.iii.5, p. 126) as an extension consisting of “the continuity of unsolid ...
- Medieval Theories of Demonstration
In the Middle Ages, the theory of demonstration, developing...
- Medieval Theories of Demonstration
Causal Theory of Perception ‑ the world interacts with out perceiving organs and causes our ideas in our minds; Locke’s use of the word “idea” is very broadly- nearly any mental item can count as an idea, a concept, a memory or even a simple sensation such as “salty taste.” So then, the world causes our ideas about (perceptions of) it.
Jun 8, 2023 · Ideas, for Locke, are the building blocks of knowledge and represent the mental representations of our sensory experiences. He distinguishes between simple and complex ideas. Simple ideas are derived directly from sensation or reflection, while complex ideas are formed by combining simple ideas through various mental operations, such as abstraction, generalization, and comparison.
The idea is like a mental picture. For example, after seeing the photograph of Locke above, we can close our ideas and picture an image of John Locke in our minds. This mental picture is an idea. According to Locke, even if he were right here before our very eyes, we would directly “see” only the idea of Locke rather than Locke himself.
Jul 28, 2005 · Since Locke's rejection of innate ideas committed him to the view that the mind starts out an “empty cabinet” until “the Senses at first let in particular Ideas” (I/ii/§ 15), the explanation to be given of their origin must, in the first instance, be strictly psychological, that is, confined to the discovery of the powers of the human understanding to acquire ideas, the limits ...
This chapter (1) expounds Locke’s empiricist principle that all of our ideas are derived from experience, and (2) offers a clarification of the structure of Book II of the Essay. Regarding (1), it explains his twofold use of the term “idea” to mean both any sensory or introspectible state and any concept, his distinctions between ideas of sensation and ideas of reflection and between ...
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Sep 2, 2001 · Our ideas of primary qualities resemble the qualities in the object, while our ideas of secondary qualities do not resemble the powers that cause them. Locke also distinguishes a second class of secondary properties that are the powers that one substance has to effect another, e.g. the power of a fire to melt a piece of wax.
