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Full Idea
Q. Could you not perhaps know an object through sight or hearing without knowing that you are seeing or hearing? A. Not at all.
Gist of Idea
We can't know by sight or hearing without realising that we are doing so
Source
Johann Fichte (The Vocation of Man [1800], 2)
Book Ref
Fichte,Johann G.: 'The Vocation of Man', ed/tr. Preuss,Peter [Hackett 1987], p.29
A Reaction
A nice statement of the traditional view which seemed to be demolished by the discovery of blindsight. In the light of modern brain research, the views of the mind found in past philosophers mostly seem very naïve.