The Analysis of Mind: By Bertrand Russell Betrand Books Hardcover by Russell Bertrand

Author:Russell, Bertrand [Russell, Bertrand]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Classics
ISBN: 9782382260265
Amazon: 2382260262
Goodreads: 54025919
Publisher: Sahara Publisher Books
Published: 1921-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

"exactly" might seem an overstatement, and it might seem more correct to say that ideas APPROXIMATELY represent impressions.

Such modifications of Hume's principle, however, do not affect the problem which I wish to present for your consideration, namely: Why do we believe that images are, sometimes or always, approximately or exactly, copies of sensations? What sort of evidence is there? And what sort of evidence is logically possible? The difficulty of this question arises through the fact that the sensation which an image is supposed to copy is in the past when the image exists, and can therefore only be known by memory, while, on the other hand, memory of past sensations seems only possible by means of present images. How, then, are we to find any way of comparing the present image and the past

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