Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Buddhaghosa, Epicurus and Ren Descartes
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / c. Primary qualities
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Atoms only have shape, weight and size, and the properties which accompany shape [Epicurus]
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For Descartes, objects have one primary quality, which is geometrical [Descartes, by Robinson,H]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / d. Secondary qualities
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Epicurus says colours are relative to the eye, not intrinsic to bodies [Epicurus, by Plutarch]
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Our sensation of light may not be the same as what produces the sensation [Descartes]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 3. Representation
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Descartes said images can refer to objects without resembling them (as words do) [Descartes, by Tuck]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation
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Why does pain make us sad? [Descartes]
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Sensations cannot be judged, because similar sensations have equal value, and different ones have nothing in common [Epicurus, by Diog. Laertius]
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