PHIL 262 Lecture 10: PHIL-262,University of Arizona,Textbook(p10)

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Philosophy Main
• Course: PHIL 262
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Can understand a chiliagon (shape with 1,000 sides) but cannot imagine it. Imagination requires an effort of mind which is not required for understanding; this additional effort clearly shows the difference between imagining and pure understanding. Imagining is an essence of the mind not of existence, because without it we would be the same individuals, so it shows it depends on something distinct from myself. He had nothing at all in the intellect that he had not previously had in the sensations. Why does that tugging in our stomach tell us to eat? etc. Because nature has told us to do so, we were aired told by nature this is how things are without creating an argument to prove it. Came to realize both external and internal senses were mistaken.