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Preamble (Warning: I haven’t proof read this entry yet) For those of you who haven’t been following or have forgotten what I’ve written about Kant here are some technical terms that will allow you to understand what I’ve written here. This is a section of my paper that I’m working on. For some reason […]
Read More Can I Reason My Way To Moral Principles? Or Do I Need Some Other Kind of Knowledge?Locke’s Complex Ideas Most of what we’ve talked about so far (in relation to ideas) concerns ideas, generally considered, and simple ideas. Recall that all ideas have as their source either perception or reflection on the operations of the mind; and in the case of simple ideas the mind is always passive (II. xii. […]
Read More Why Are Locke’s ‘Complex Ideas’ Easier to Comprehend than his ‘Simple Ideas’?Wrestling vs Brazilian Jiu Jitsu I’ve had a couple of glasses of wine so I apologize in advance for any incoherence beyond the usual. My whole life (20 years of it, anyway) I’ve been a wrestler but in the last 2 weeks I’ve finally started to understand what it means to be a Brazilian […]
Read More The Psychology of Grappling: Wrestling vs BJJThe Prolem: Are All Locke’s Ideas Necessarily Imagistic? Those of you who are facebook friends know I that I recently posted about a little issue I’m having wif my Locke paper. Here’s the prolem: most of my analysis and criticisms of Locke’s epistemology rest on the premise that, for Locke, all ideas are images […]
Read More What Does "Bigger Than" Look Like in the Mind? Part 1 Locke’s Ideasp.sdfootnote { margin-left: 0.5cm; text-indent: -0.5cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; }p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; }a.sdfootnoteanc { font-size: 57%; } Having Ideas What does it mean to have an idea? Does it require we have some image in the theatre of our mind? Where do ideas come from? Can we make our own or do […]
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