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Single Idea 16518

[filed under theme 18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / b. Empirical concepts ]

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.

The 9 ideas with the same theme [concepts as derived most from experience]:

22763 We can only dream of a winged man if we have experienced men and some winged thing [Sext.Empiricus]
12475 All our ideas derive either from sensation, or from inner reflection [Locke]
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]
21475 All of our concepts are borrowed from perceptual knowledge [Schopenhauer]
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]