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'Confessions', 'The Tarskian Turn' and 'Meditations'
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 4. A Priori as Necessities
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A triangle has a separate non-invented nature, shown by my ability to prove facts about it [Descartes]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / c. Primary qualities
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For Descartes, objects have one primary quality, which is geometrical [Descartes, by Robinson,H]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation
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Why does pain make us sad? [Descartes]
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12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism
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The wax is not perceived by the senses, but by the mind alone [Descartes]
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Dogs can make the same judgements as us about variable things [Gassendi on Descartes]
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We don't 'see' men in heavy clothes, we judge them to be men [Descartes]
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We perceive objects by intellect, not by senses or imagination [Descartes]
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12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory
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I can distinguish different smells even when I am not experiencing them [Augustine]
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Why does joy in my mind make me happy, but joy in my memory doesn't? [Augustine]
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We would avoid remembering sorrow or fear if that triggered the emotions afresh [Augustine]
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Mind and memory are the same, as shown in 'bear it in mind' or 'it slipped from mind' [Augustine]
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Memory contains innumerable principles of maths, as well as past sense experiences [Augustine]
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