Monday, July 19, 2010

Thought

Thoughts are forms conceived in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses. Thought and thinking are the processes by which these concepts are perceived and manipulated. Thinking allows beings to model the world and to represent it according to their objectives, plans, ends and desires. Similar concepts and processes include cognition, sentience, consciousness, ideas, and imagination.

Types of Thought:
  • Concepts
-serves as representation of objects; idea or mental image.
  • Percepts
-views;reflections and; impressions.

Perspectives about Thought:
  • Titchener: Image Theory
Edward B. Titchener

  • Hume: Bundles of Perception
David Hume
  • Ryle: Ask-Question Concept
Gilbert Ryle
  • Heraclitus: Recognition of Perception is Arbitrary
Heraclitus

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