PSYC 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ernst Heinrich Weber, Immortal Souls, Anything Else
12 Jan 2018
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Rationalism we cannot trust our senses at all what matters is the realm of ideal forms that. We can only know from our reason so senses are unreliable. 3 men trapped in cave for life & can only see shadows of object in their back. *equivalent of our senses so what we see are only shadows not directly what is out there. When man leave cave = blinded by sun but then realize that so want to free other men but do. All shadows were from more pure abstract forms. Role of philosopher = teach what ideal forms are but difficult because most people reluctant. Ex: triangle = simplest polygon w/ nice & co(cid:373)plex properties [su(cid:373) a(cid:374)gles (cid:1005)8(cid:1004) ] When study geometry = not need any reference from outside world so always true unlike our. If reason can recognize ideal forms = then must already know what looking for. *so learning something = remembering something already know.
