Opis: Mind, Vol. 20 - Stout G. F.

Excerpt from Mind, Vol. 20: A Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy; 1911

I have, for some time, been aware of serious faults in the account of the perception of external objects given in my Manual and Groundwork. But I trace these faults not to any vital error in fundamental principles, but to a failure to follow out my own principles faithfully and accurately. Mr. Joseph, on the contrary, alleges that there is a radical vice in the presuppositions which are, in his opinion, common to me and to all psychologists as such. The primary assumptions which he ascribes to me in common with all psychologists are twofold: -

(1) That the mind starts with a separate knowledge of its own sensations only, and subsequently passes by a distinct and additional process to the apprehension of external things; (2) that the supervening process of transition from sensation to sensible things depends merely on such psychological laws as those which are exhibited in "association of ideas".

Now, I admit most readily, that such a view is untenable, and that if it were really my view, Mr. Joseph's criticism of my work would be entirely cogent, but I disown both the positions which he ascribes to me. As regards the first, indeed, he is so far right, that I do assume in the Manual and in the Groundwork the existence of certain sense-experiences which do not of themselves involve the apprehension of sensible things.

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Szczegóły: Mind, Vol. 20 - Stout G. F.

Nazwa: Mind, Vol. 20 A Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy; 1911 (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Stout G. F.
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330295946
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 614
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

Recenzje: Mind, Vol. 20 - Stout G. F.