Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Phil Dowe, John Heil and Thomas Reid
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 2. Self-Evidence
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Truths are self-evident to sensible persons who understand them clearly without prejudice [Reid]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception
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Sensation is not committed to any external object, but perception is [Reid]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / a. Qualities in perception
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If properties were qualities without dispositions, they would be undetectable [Heil]
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Can we distinguish the way a property is from the property? [Heil]
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Properties don't possess ways they are, because that just is the property [Heil]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / b. Primary/secondary
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Objects only have secondary qualities because they have primary qualities [Heil]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / c. Primary qualities
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Primary qualities are the object of mathematics [Reid]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / d. Secondary qualities
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Secondary qualities conjure up, and are confused with, the sensations which produce them [Reid]
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Secondary qualities are just primary qualities considered in the light of their effect on us [Heil]
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Colours aren't surface properties, because of radiant sources and the colour of the sky [Heil]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / e. Primary/secondary critique
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Treating colour as light radiation has the implausible result that tomatoes are not red [Heil]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation
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It is unclear whether a toothache is in the mind or in the tooth, but the word has a single meaning [Reid]
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12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 1. Common Sense
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Reid is seen as the main direct realist of the eighteenth century [Reid, by Robinson,H]
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Many truths seem obvious, and point to universal agreement - which is what we find [Reid]
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In obscure matters the few must lead the many, but the many usually lead in common sense [Reid]
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12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory
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We all trust our distinct memories (but not our distinct imaginings) [Reid]
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The theory of ideas, popular with philosophers, means past existence has to be proved [Reid]
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Without memory we could have no concept of duration [Reid]
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