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Why We Think the Things We Think

Have you ever found yourself alone with your thoughts? Have you ever been asked if the glass is half full or half empty? Do you wonder what true happiness is or how to attain it? Or maybe nothing really matters if everything is just an illusion or a dream?
These ideas are some of the central questions of philosophical enquiry that have engaged, troubled and exasperated some of the greatest minds throughout the history of human civilization, provoking argument and debate in an attempt to broaden the horizons of human thought.
Author Alain Stephen seeks to explore some of these key questions by tracing their origins in the writings of prominent thinkers through the ages, from the colonnades of ancient Greece to the intellectual salons of twentieth-century France, and show how these ideas and concepts have developed over time.
Why We Think the Things We Think provides plenty of food for thought for both the amateur philosopher and enlightened thinker to digest.
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Detentor dos direitos autorais
Michael O'Mara Books
Publicação original
2015
Ano da publicação
2015
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    the way of truth and the way of opinion.
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    Locke divided qualities into two categories. The first category, primary qualities, are the aspects that all objects possess, such as size, shape, matter and motion. Secondary qualities are aspects which Locke suggests can be either added to or removed from an object, such as colours, sounds, temperatures and textures
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    Locke, the human mind begins with a blank slate or tabula rasa that is filled with ideas through experiences. Knowledge is gained through two methods, which Locke termed ‘sensation’ and ‘reflection’. Sensation relates to the five human senses and gives rise to concepts such as sounds, smells, colours, shapes and tastes. Reflection relates to processes in our internal world, thoughts and memories, reasoning and argument

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