What the mind perceives in itself, the object of Perception, Thought and Understanding
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Qualities
A power possessed by a certain object (a subject, a thing) to produce certain Ideas
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Ideas vs Qualities
Leads to a 'Veil of perception' doctrine where I do not perceive things directly
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Primary Qualities
They are inseparable from the body. Locke: Solidity, Extension, Figure, Rest, Mobility and Number.
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Size and motion
Aspects of a thing that can be measured and known objectively. Different to other qualities in that they are not dependent on one particular sense e.g. I can apprehend the size of an object through vision and touch.
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Secondary qualities
Qualities dependent on senses. E.g. colours, sounds, tastes. I cannot see sounds.
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Primary/secondary qualities distinction leads to:
A veil of perception doctrine and a causal theory of perception
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The real world
The real world is matter in motion without colours, sounds etc.T he colour red is really a certain frequency of lightwave.
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Ideas are produced by
'Insensible parts' e.g. microscopic parts of things themselves
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Everything in the world occurs by
Motion and Impact
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Locke’s account of secondary qualities conforms to his
Corpuscularian philosophy of body
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A power possessed by a certain object (a subject, a thing) to produce certain Ideas
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