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'Theaetetus', 'Of the First Principles of Government' and 'Essays on Intellectual Powers 2: Senses'
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 2. Self-Evidence
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Truths are self-evident to sensible persons who understand them clearly without prejudice [Reid]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception
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Perception is infallible, suggesting that it is knowledge [Plato]
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Our senses could have been separate, but they converge on one mind [Plato]
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Sensation is not committed to any external object, but perception is [Reid]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / c. Primary qualities
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Primary qualities are the object of mathematics [Reid]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / d. Secondary qualities
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Secondary qualities conjure up, and are confused with, the sensations which produce them [Reid]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation
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It is unclear whether a toothache is in the mind or in the tooth, but the word has a single meaning [Reid]
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12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism
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With what physical faculty do we perceive pairs of opposed abstract qualities? [Plato]
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Thought must grasp being itself before truth becomes possible [Plato]
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You might mistake eleven for twelve in your senses, but not in your mind [Plato]
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12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 1. Common Sense
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Reid is seen as the main direct realist of the eighteenth century [Reid, by Robinson,H]
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