GVPT 241 Chapter Notes - Chapter Intro - 6: Thomas Hobbes
24 Sep 2018
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Of sense: hobbes argues that knowledge of the world originates from external bodies stimulating sense organs. Hobbes defines imagination as: the presence of vision after the eyes are closed indicates that the visual apparatus is still in motion; this motion is imagination, not sensation, over time, imagination becomes memory. Over time, memory of things sensed becomes experience: the sensation of internal movements of the body is called a dream when we are a sleep and a vision or apparition when we are awake. E(cid:454)a(cid:373)ples i(cid:374)(cid:272)lude drea(cid:373)s: (cid:862)regulated(cid:863) trai(cid:374)s are directed in a specific direction, this is the mechanism of the human mind: sense -> thought -> train of thoughts. Sensory experiences are funneled into regulated, directed thinking. This is the acquisition of arts: to communicate knowledge to others. Thus, there will be no factions and no civil wars: the hobbesian approach to science is, according to hobbes, necessary for the preservation of peace.
