- We have abstract ideas: ‘whiteness’ etc. Where from? Sensation!
- The mind is white paper when you’re born: ‘Tabula Rasa’. Where are ideas from, then? ‘To this I answer…EXPERIENCE’. Knowledge’s two ‘fountains’ ‘sensation’ (Hume: ‘impressions’), ‘reflection’ (Hume: ‘ideas’). Another image:…
Spotted this today on the Philosophy Department blog and thought it might make the basis of an interesting photography assignment…
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