Locke classified ideas as simple and complex
Locke classified ideas as simple and complex. All complex ideas are said to be made up, ultimately of simple ideas, and their complexity is the work of the mind. A […]
Locke classified ideas as simple and complex. All complex ideas are said to be made up, ultimately of simple ideas, and their complexity is the work of the mind. A […]
*Simple Ideas * Having described the origins of ideas, Locke turned his attention to the ideas themselves. He described certain ideas as being simple. Simple ideas are “uncompounded appearances” (Book […]
New ideas: Not ALL ideas are exact copies of impressions, however. We can create ideas of things we have never had an impression of before (e.g., unicorns). We create these […]
But, before I proceed on to what I have thought on this subject, I must here in the entrance beg pardon of my reader for the frequent use of the […]
concept – an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances conception, construct idea, thought – the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; “it […]
“While it is difficult to find any radical turning points in the philosophy of Roman Ingarden, an inner tension can be detected. Ontology as a science of pure possibilities is […]