14 ideas
23634 | Accepting the existence of anything presupposes the notion of existence [Reid] |
9100 | Our intellect only assents to what we believe to be true [William of Ockham] |
23635 | Truths are self-evident to sensible persons who understand them clearly without prejudice [Reid] |
7631 | Sensation is not committed to any external object, but perception is [Reid] |
23637 | Primary qualities are the object of mathematics [Reid] |
23638 | Secondary qualities conjure up, and are confused with, the sensations which produce them [Reid] |
23639 | It is unclear whether a toothache is in the mind or in the tooth, but the word has a single meaning [Reid] |
6492 | Reid is seen as the main direct realist of the eighteenth century [Reid, by Robinson,H] |
23641 | People dislike believing without evidence, and try to avoid it [Reid] |
23642 | If non-rational evidence reaches us, it is reason which then makes use of it [Reid] |
3158 | Theories of intentionality presuppose rationality, so can't explain it [Dennett] |
9101 | Abstractive cognition knows universals abstracted from many singulars [William of Ockham] |
3159 | Beliefs and desires aren't real; they are prediction techniques [Dennett] |
23640 | Only mature minds can distinguish the qualities of a body [Reid] |