 Secondly, such qualities which in truth are nothing in the objects themselves, but powers to produce various sensations in us by their primary qualities, ie by the bulk, figure, texture, and motion of their insensible parts, as colours, sounds, tastes,...  An essay concerning human understanding. To which are now first added, i. an ... - Seite 120von John Locke - 1828Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Pierre Manent - 1998 - 244 Seiten
...Locke speaks of "[S]uch [secondary] Qualities, which in truth are nothing in the Objects themselves, but Powers to produce various Sensations in us by their primary Qualities." Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, bk. 2, chap. 8, par. io. 55. See Hume, Treatise, bk.... | |
 | George Joseph Seidel - 2000 - 200 Seiten
...secondary qualities are "nothing in the objects themselves." The secondary qualities in the objects are but "powers to produce various sensations in us by their primary qualities" (Essay II, 8, 9 ff.). They "excite" or produce different ideas in us. The idea of the pain I feel when... | |
 | Jeffrey Foss - 2000 - 244 Seiten
...redness and sweetness are ...such qualities, which in truth are nothing in the objects themselves, but powers to produce various sensations in us by their primary qualities. (1690, p. 67) Like all the others who contributed to the metaphysical foundations of the new science,... | |
 | Anthony Gottlieb - 2000 - 490 Seiten
...the secondary, sensory qualities - such as colour or smell - were 'nothing in the Objects themselves, but Powers to produce various Sensations in us by their primary Qualities'. Modern science has kept the idea of a basic set of precisely measurable properties in terms of which... | |
 | Andrew Bailey - 2002 - 1002 Seiten
...rest, and number. §10. Secondly, such qualities which in truth are nothing in the objects themselves, but powers to produce various sensations in us by...texture, and motion of their insensible parts, as colours, sounds, tastes, &c. these I call secondary qualities. To these might be added a third sort,... | |
 | Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - 2003 - 496 Seiten
...or rest, and number. Secondly, such qualities which in truth are nothing in the objects themselves but powers to produce various sensations in us by...texture, and motion of their insensible parts, as colours, sounds, tastes, &c. These I call secondary qualities. To these might be added a third sort,... | |
 | Paul Natterer - 2003 - 856 Seiten
...rest, and number. [10.] Secondly, such qualities which in truth are nothing in the objects themselves but powers to produce various sensations in us by their primary qualities, ie by their bulk, figure, texture, and motion of their insensible parts, as colours, sounds, tastes, &c.... | |
 | Oliver J. Thatcher - 2004 - 466 Seiten
...Secondary Qualities. — Secondly, such qualities which in truth are nothing in the objects themselves, but powers to produce various sensations in us by their primary qualities, i. e,, by the bulk, figure, texture, and motion of their insensible parts, as colours, sounds, tastes,... | |
 | Bernie Koenig - 2004 - 356 Seiten
...solidity, shape, form, extension and motion. Secondary qualities "are nothing in the objects themselves, but powers to produce various sensations in us by their primary qualities..." (Locke, l96l 25). For example, let us look at what happens when we place a stick in water. When it... | |
 | Peter K. Unger - 2006 - 690 Seiten
...or Rest, and Number. 10. 2dly, Such Qualities, which in truth are nothing in the Objects themselves, but Powers to produce various Sensations in us by their primary Qualities, . . . of their insensible parts, as Colours, Sounds, Tastes, etc. These I call secondary Qualities.... | |
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