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Full Idea
The mind conceptualises objects, yet objects impinge upon the mind.
Gist of Idea
We conceptualise objects, but they impinge on us
Source
David Wiggins (Sameness and Substance [1980], 3.5)
Book Ref
Wiggins,David: 'Sameness and Substance' [Blackwell 1980], p.101
A Reaction
A very nice statement of the relationship, and the fact that we don't just make our concepts up.
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17735 | Simple ideas are produced in us by external things, and they match their appearances [Locke] |
21921 | Concepts are abstracted from perceptions [Schopenhauer, by Lewis,PB] |
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16518 | We conceptualise objects, but they impinge on us [Wiggins] |
17710 | Aristotelian justification uses concepts abstracted from experience [Mares] |
17718 | Grounded concepts are trustworthy maps of the world [Jenkins] |
17739 | The physical effect of world on brain explains the concepts we possess [Jenkins] |