Friday, March 14, 2008
Locke Origin of Ideas
Locke says all ideas come from sensation or reflection. Sensation is the affect of external objects. It is from our perceptions of the external world that we feel sensations. Reflection is the operation of the mind after the ideas have entered our minds. These include: perception, thinking, doubting, believing, reasoning, knowing, willing, and all different actings of the mind. It is from these two areas that all our ideas originate. From these operations of sensation and reflection sometimes passions arise which leave us feeling certain ways about the ideas. Why do we feel differently about different ideas? What makes us believe a certain idea is right or not? Can that be the action of the soul?
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I think you did a good job talking about Locke's origin of ideas. I also agree with locke that we take our perceptions as basic ideas and then reflect on them to get our knowledge of the external world.
i would love to ask locke where do sensation and reflection come from? are they just a part of the human psyhce or do they themselves emerge out of something that is more basic to humans.heIf this is the case then all this means is that we they do not just eminate from these two concepts but but from something else that is itself the cause of sensation.
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