[MD] Intellect's Symposium

[Joseph Maurer]

HI

"percepts" DQ!  "Concepts" SQ!

Joe


On 1/18/10 2:58 PM, "Krimel" <Krimel at Krimel.com> wrote:

>> [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.
> 
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