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| Experience: a) reflected perception, which can be compared with prior perceptions and can be processed linguistically. See also events, perception, sensations, empiricism. b) an event that is processed in the consciousness of a subject. No mere imagination. See also events, imagination, consciousness.<_____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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John McDowell on Experience - Dictionary of Arguments
I 34f Experience/McDowell: is passive. Nevertheless, it brings abilities into the game, which actually belong to spontaneity. >Spontaneity. I 35 Spontaneity/McDowell: we must look at the expanded spontaneity as if it were subject to a control which originates outside of our thinking. This cannot be the "given". Given/experience/McDowell: how the experience of a person represents things is outside its influence, but it depends on it itself whether it is accepted or rejected by the appearance. >Reality, >Myth of the given. I 161 Experience/Quine: not subject to natural laws. Therefore, it cannot play any role within >justification. Only raw causal link to sentences. Can only lie outside the area of the reasons. >Space of reason. I 58 Experience/McDowell: includes much more than qualities. >Quality. I 81 McDowellVsEvans: E.g. Colors: Fine-grained: we should not always assume that there must be a matching pattern. There must also be recognition in the game. >Color, >Qualia, >Recognition. Thinking: there are surely thoughts that cannot be put into words so that their contents are completely determined. I 147 Definition "inner" experience: sense sensations and emotional states. (Only applies to humans). Cf. >Sensory impressions/McDowell._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
McDowell I John McDowell Mind and World, Cambridge/MA 1996 German Edition: Geist und Welt Frankfurt 2001 McDowell II John McDowell "Truth Conditions, Bivalence and Verificationism" In Truth and Meaning, G. Evans/J. McDowell, |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2023-09-23