Synopsis
How our minds and science shape what we know—and why that matters.
This book examines the ideas behind perception, knowledge, and the relationship between mind and world, showing how what we think we know depends on how we think. It guides readers through how internal processes meet external reality. You’ll see how subjects, objects, and representations interact in everyday thinking, experiment design, and the search for truth.
- Explore how perception connects inner experience with the outside world.
- Learn how science and philosophy describe the same material from different angles.
- Understand why truth and usefulness often work together in shaping ideas.
- Discover how beliefs about reality influence our judgments and actions.
Ideal for readers interested in philosophy, cognitive science, and how we come to know the world around us.
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"To write a chapter for the purpose of showing that nothing is known, or can he known, of the subject which the title of the chapter indicates, will he thought strange." These are the words with which Mr, H. Spencer opens the chapter in his Psychology on the "Substance of Mind." The present discussion has its occasion in the conviction that the human mind is a permanent entity or substance, which can be and is known; and the primary purpose of the discussion is to expound and defend that conception. This statement is made for the convenience of the reader, that at the very beginning he may know clearly and certainly the point of view and aim of the essay; and it is hoped he will not be repelled by the frank avowal.
But this purpose, it must be admitted, goes against what seems to be the main psychological tendency of the time. It is the contention of many that "the explanation of psychic life demands the complete elimination of the concept of substance;" and that the concept prevails only among "unreflective minds." Some of the most zealous opponents deride mental substance as an "accursed idol."
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