PHIL 111 Lecture 14: PHIL111 Lecture 14: PHIL111 Winter Term Lecture 14: PHIL 111 Week Six Lecture One
13 Mar 2016
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195-215: men either believe nothing at all or the most extreme, no such thing as material substances, sceptic (1st def. ): one who doubts all things: (2nd def. ): one who denies realty and truths: (3rd def. Locke: when i think i think about my ideas/thoughts. Locke"s tripartite theory: knowledge of objects in the external world occur when (1) object give rise to (2) ideas in (3) me. What is an idea: perhaps a perception of some sensation, anything i can conceive, distinguishing between conscience vs sub conscience ideas, a rational by which i act or do things, whatever the mind can process. Locke: whatsoever the mind perceives in itself or in the immediate object of perception, thought or understanding that is an idea - immediate. Two types of ideas: simple: ideas are those which are irreducible, complex: ideas that are reducible.
