Chapter 1: What is simple Apprehension

Question 1

What are the three things associated with simple apprehension?

Answer 1

First, we perceive something with our senses; second, we form an image of it in our mind; and, thirdly, we conceive its meaning.

Question 2

Which of the three things associated with simple apprehension is the simple apprehension itself?

Answer 2

The third: we conceive its meaning.

Question 3

Which two of the three things associated with simple apprehension, are connected with simple apprehension, but are not simple apprehension itself?

Answer 3

The first and second: conceiving some thing with our senses and forming an image of it in our minds.

Question 4

Which of the three things associated with simple apprehension is present when we are looking at something with our eyes, but ceases once we are no longer looking at it?

Answer 4

The first: the perception of something with our senses.

Question 5

Why is the sense perception of a chair different from the chair itself?

Answer 5

Because the sense perception occurs in our minds, while the chair exists outside of our minds.

Question 6

What is the definition of ‘sense perception‘?

Answer 6

Sense perception is the act of seeing or hearing or smelling or tasting or touching.

Question 7

What happens in your mind when you have a sense perception?

Answer 7

We form a mental image.

Question 8

When you remember something you have seen, say, a chair, are you having a sense perception or a mental image?

Answer 8

A mental image

Question 9

Give me one reason why a mental image of a chair must be different from the sense perception of the chair.

Answer 9

While the sense perception lasts only as long as we are looking at the chair, the mental image can be present even when we are not perceiving the chair through our senses.

Question 10

What is the definition of ‘mental image’?

Answer 10

A mental image is the image of an object formed in the mind as a result of a sense perception of that object.

Question 11

What are you having when you understand the meaning of the concept “chair“?

Answer 11

Simple apprehension

Question 12

Is the simple apprehension you experience when you understand the meaning of an object, such as a chair, the same as or different from the sense perception you experience when looking at a chair or the mental image in your mind that results from the sense perception?

Answer 12

Different

Question 13

Give one reason why a mental image must be different from simple apprehension itself.

Answer 13

While a mental image is representative of something tangible and material (for example, it has shape and color), simple apprehension is the grasp of something intangible and immaterial.

Question 14

What is the definition of single “simple apprehension”?

Answer 14

Simple apprehension is an act by which the mind grasps the concept or general meaning of an object without affirming or denying anything about it.

Question 15

A sense perception of something receipt disappears when we are no longer looking at itWhat is another term used for simple apprehension?

Answer 15

Concept

Question 16

What do we grasp when we have a simple apprehension of thing?

Answer 16

We grasp the essence (or meaning) of the thing.

Question 17

If you have a mental image in your mind when you think of the concept ‘man’, and someone else has a different mental image, does that mean you are thinking of a different concept? Explain, using the concept ‘man’.

Answer 17

When we think of the concept ‘man’, we may have some kind of image in our mind, such as an actual man, tall, with blond hair, blue eyes, and light skin. but when someone else thinks of the concept ‘man’, he may have a completely different image in his mind. He may think of an actual man who is short, with dark hair, brown eyes, and dark skin. Although the mental images we have when we think of the concept ‘man’ are completely different, that doesn’t mean that we do not both understand the same concept ‘man’. We may have exactly the same understanding of what man is, yet have completely different mental images that we associate with it.

Question 18

What is the definition of the term ‘abstraction’?

Answer 18

The process by which a simple apprehension is derived from a sense perception or mental image is called abstraction.

Question 19

Explain at what point you go from simple apprehension to judgment.

Answer 19

If you are affirm or deny anything about a concept, you are going beyond Simple apprehension and engaging in judgment.

Question 20

True or false. Mental image is the simple apprehension itself.

Answer 20

False

Question 21

True or false. A sense perception of something we see disappears when we are no longer looking at it.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

True or false. A sense perception of a chair is different from the chair itself because the chair exists in the mind while the sense-perception exists outside the mind.

Answer 22

False

Question 23

True or false. Sense-perception is the act of seeing or hearing or smelling or tasting or touching.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

True or false. When we see something, an image forms in our mind, which we call a ‘mental image’.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

True or false. A sense-perception lasts only as long as we are perceiving the object through our senses.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

True or false. A mental image is the image of an object formed in our mind as a result of a sense perception of that object.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

True or false. The idea of a chair in your mind must be accompanied by the sense-perception of a chair or by the mental image of a chair.

Answer 27

False

Question 28

True or false. Simple apprehension is an act by which the mind grasps the concept or general meaning of an object and affirms or denies something about it.

Answer 28

False

Question 29

True or false. The terms ‘concept’ and ‘simple apprehension’ mean the same thing.

Answer 29

True

Question 30

True or false. Simple apprehension, or concept, has shape and colour.

Answer 30

False

Question 31

True or false. When we have a simple apprehension of a thing, we grasp the thing’s essence.

Answer 31

True

Question 32

True or false. if you have a different mental image of a concept than another person has, then you both cannot be thinking of the same concept.

Answer 32

False

Question 33

True or false. The process by which a simple apprehension is derived from a sense perception and mental image is called ‘abstraction’.

Answer 33

True

Question 34

True or false. If we were to affirm or deny something about a concept we would be going Beyond Simple apprehension to judgment.

Answer 34

True