PHIL1070 Lecture Notes - Harvard University Press, Formal Wear
11 Mar 2014
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In order to recognize how aristotle explains the difference between perceiving and thinking, one has to understand the process in which aristotle describes how one goes from perceiving into thinking. Aristotle breaks down the process into three groups: perceiving, practical, and speculative thinking. From then on, he evaluates key moments in the process where human being"s capabilities separate the definition of the words perceiving and thinking. To start off, a person"s senses collect information from the world under the process of perception. This information is then brought into the brain. In this process, the only thing the person is doing is imagining. Imagination is when humans are receiving the minimum amount of information about the receptors. To put this concept in an example, imagine a boy looking at a pair of shoes. When he is looking at the shoe, his senses help him perceive an imagination of a shoe in his mind.
