PHILOS 3NN3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Proprioception, Julien Offray De La Mettrie
26 Oct 2017
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Transition (empirical) that the idea has its origin. Voltaire: elements of thee philosophy of newton. 1738: we learn to see just as we learn to speak and read. Space- etc. , we only need to open our eyes to see them as we see them. This is an illusion, need to practice. Declared molyneux to be the key to psychology. Rejects a priori nature of space like berkeley. Sense of touch is necessary to grasp the idea of space. Smell, taste, sight, touch, as each is gained, the world is built. Di erent perceptions given by the senses add layers to the world. Not idealist, but adopted same premises as berkeley. Proprioception: internal sense of body, know when standing straight. Why would locke agree with molyneux: doesn"t think the blind person who just received sight. Leibniz: relations between concepts would allow for the blind man to tell, doesn"t agree with empiricist approach, those relationships between senses constitute abstract concepts, saunderson.
