PERCEPTION- Locke's primary and secondary quality distinction Flashcards
What was Locke’s definition of Idea
“Whatsoever the mind perceives in itself, or is the immediate object of perception, thought or understanding, that I call idea”
What was Locke’s definition of Qualities
” the power to produce any idea in our mind I call a quality of the subject wherein that power is”
What are primary qualities
he argues that what he calls idea or sense data of certain properties of objects resemble their real properties
What is an example of primary qualities
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
What is an example of secondary qualities
What my sense data isnt accurate with its true properties such as its colour, taste and sound
What does Locke say