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Posted by Philosophy Professor on February 23, 19101 at 12:51:16:
In Reply to: Locke...Since the mind, in allits thoughts and reasonings... posted by Philosophy student on February 06, 19101 at 23:55:14:
: "Since the mind, in all its thoughts and reasonings, has no other immedieate object but its own 'ideas', which it alone does or can contemplate, it is evident, that our knowledge is only conversant about them." (Locke, Essay..., p.224)
: If any one is a Locke expert, what would you change about this page.
: From a student who needs help.
Well, one might go in an infinite number of diections from this quote, but let's just take a few of the more obvious possibilities: Locke is confident about the power of the human mind to survey the contents thereof, that is, to catalogue its contents. In the aftermath of Freud, however, it seems clear that we know and are in control of very little of the contents of our minds. Locke umes that the mind reflects the sensory source of its furniture, yet fails to appreciate to what degree the mental apparatus itself determines what will count as information for the mind. This is an insight that would arrive on the scene with Kant.