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Full Idea
How do you know that there is no idea of colour in a man born blind?
Gist of Idea
A blind man may still contain the idea of colour
Source
René Descartes (Reply to Fifth Objections [1641], 363)
Book Ref
Descartes,René: 'Meditations on First Philosophy etc.', ed/tr. Cottingham,John [CUP 1986], p.79
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3630 | Our thinking about external things doesn't disprove the existence of innate ideas [Descartes] |
3631 | A blind man may still contain the idea of colour [Descartes] |
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3639 | Necessary existence is a property which is uniquely part of God's essence [Descartes] |