[MD] Intellect's Symposium

[Krimel]

> [Krimel]
> This problem of continuous and discontinuous is a major big deal. James
> handles it very well in "Some Problems of Philosophy" where he makes a
> distinction between perception which is continuous and conception which is
> discrete. The distinction is an important one and much confusion results
> when we don't acknowledge it. Which, by the way, many here don't and their
> confusion is plain to see.

[John]
Well here you're dabbling in my area of interest where Royce argues against
Jame's position by asserting that humans are never possessed of either pure
perception or pure conception; our knowledge is always an imperfect union of
the two.    Pragmatism presupposes not some synthesis  but an
interpretation.  Like all life.

[Krimel]
In the chapters I am talking about James talks about perception as immediate
not pure. James thought perception was the integration, or making sense, of
sensation. Concepts are ways of connecting past perceptions together. We use
them to organize our memory. We break the world back up into parts and
reassemble it according to the demands of the present. James acknowledges
the interplay of percepts and concepts. But he says that concepts are
derived from percepts and ultimately must be brought into conformity to
them.