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An Inquiry Into the Human Mind: On the Principles of Common Sense

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J. Bumpus, 1821 - Common sense - 309 pages

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INTRODUCTION	1

Apology for those philosophers	12

The system of all these authors is the same	18

Sensation and remembrance natural principles	25

Sect Page	29

The conception and belief of a sentient being	38

That there is a principle in human nature from	44

CHAP III	51

That none of our sensations are resemblances of any of the qualities of bodies	117

Of visible figure and extension	123

Some queries concerning visible figure answered	128

Of the geometry of visibles	136

Of the parallel motion of the eyes	149

Of our seeing objects erect by inverted images	153

The same subject continued	161

Of seeing objects single with two eyes	179

Of natural language	58

Of hardness and softness	65

Of hardness and other primary qualities	74

Sect Page 5 Of extension	76

Of extension	79

Of the existence of a material world	83

Of the systems of philosophers concerning the senses	91

CHAP VI	96

Sight discovers almost nothing which the blind may not comprehend The reason of this	99

Of the visible appearance of objects	104

That colour is a quality of bodies not a sensation of the mind	109

An inference from the preceding	112

Of the laws of vision in brute animals	188

Squinting considered hypothetically	191

Facts relating to squinting	204

Of the effect of custom in seeing objects single	208

Of Dr Porterfields account of single and double vision	216

Of Dr Briggs theory and Sir Isaac Newtons con jecture on this subject	220

Of perception in general	232

Of the process of Nature in perception	242

Of the signs by which we learn to perceive dis	249

Of the signs used in other acquired perceptions	263

CHAP VII	286

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An Inquiry Into the Human Mind, on the Principles of Common Sense
Thomas Reid
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An Inquiry Into the Human Mind: On the Principles of Common Sense
Thomas Reid
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An Inquiry Into the Human Mind, on the Principles of Common Sense
Thomas Reid
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Title	An Inquiry Into the Human Mind: On the Principles of Common Sense
Author	Thomas Reid
Publisher	J. Bumpus, 1821
Original from	National Library of Scotland
Digitized	Jan 20, 2023
Length	309 pages

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