PHL100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Synesthesia
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Two different manners of doing philosophy: easy philosophy advice on how to live. Comparison to newton? application complicated but rules simple there two important distinct but equally crucial parts of science 1. observation of phenomena 2. invention or discovery of laws and theories remember two definitions of why. Of the origin of ideas two kinds of thoughts: impressions/ ideas impressions are sensations and could be internal but usually external ideas are copies of impressions sensations are simple, just what they are in the moment. When recollected they are ideas and we can combine these ideas in endless ways. First argument to prove take idea of a unicorn. > relation to descartes this challenge could be met. What would descartes say! idea of god is a counter example (scp) Not true and you cannot imagine one having ideas without sensations a blind man cannot find a notion of colours.
