PERCEPTION- Locke's primary and secondary quality distinction Flashcards

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What was Locke’s definition of Idea

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“Whatsoever the mind perceives in itself, or is the immediate object of perception, thought or understanding, that I call idea”

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What was Locke’s definition of Qualities

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” the power to produce any idea in our mind I call a quality of the subject wherein that power is”

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What are primary qualities

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he argues that what he calls idea or sense data of certain properties of objects resemble their real properties

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What is an example of primary qualities

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when I look at a tree my sense data of its size, shape, position and motion correspond accurately with its true size, shape, position and motion

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What is an example of secondary qualities

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What my sense data isnt accurate with its true properties such as its colour, taste and sound

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What does Locke say

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