Chapter 5 Flashcards
For Locke, what is the origin of emotion? What role does it play?
Like Hobbes, it plays a role in his hedonistic theory of motivation.
Feelings of pleasure or pain (the 2 building blocks of all emotions) come along with ideas. So, sensations are the basis for ideas and thus, emotions as well.
Contrast Locke/Boyles and Galileos’ definition of primary and secondary qualities.
What was locke’s takeaway? Did he believe in objective reality?
Locke/boyle
- anything that produces an idea is a quality. Primary = create ideas in us that correspond to actual world (shape,motion, solidity?
Secondary= dont correspond to actual world, just our experience color, sound, taste
Unlike Galileo and Plato, Locke didnt think subjective reality was inferior. He thought it worthy of objective study same as the natural world.
Describe how Hartley disagreed with Locke in terms of idea formation? How did they agree?
Locke allowed for an active mind, reflections (mental operations) performed on ideas can form complex ideas. For Hartley, it was just association (contiguity). No active mind.
They did agree that all ideas came from sensations.
