Primary/secondary quality distinction

On the exact opposite side are the secondary qualities which are not resemblances of their causes. Primary sources include shape, texture, motion, number and size, while secondary sources include odor, sound, taste, and color. With his comes the idea of representative realism in which our mind doesn't provide us with access to the true reality of the real world. To differentiate between primary and secondary sources, we can imagine a red triangle.The shape which is a triangle is the primary quality, while the color which is red in the secondary quality. According to Locke, the rectangular shape resembles the the object's property, while the red color, does not exactly resemble the object's property. To further clarify secondary qualities, if someone showed you a photo of yourself, the characteristic such it’s size, color, glossiness, and shape are just features of the photo, the same thing goes with the features that our minds pertain only to our minds instead of to the world. In conclusion, after reading about John Locke’s empiricism, I agree with him about his idea of tabula rasa because it seems to be impossible for us…

1. I surveyed two people. One of them is my friend named Tao Chen who is a member in the university’s drama club and the other is my uncle who is the manager of the financial department of a company. There are some differences between their groups. The drama club is more of a social group than a secondary group. It is formed for people who love drama and acting to enjoy the activities. The financial department is a secondary group that is formed to accomplish a specific task or goal and it is…

knowledge within his essays. In the second book of his essays (chapter eight), Locke discusses the distinction between primary and secondary qualities. The passage selected will examine the distinction behind the primary and secondary qualities as well as provide a clear example on how these qualities work and their distinctions. In the second book of his essays, Locke begins to discuss the concept of simple and complex ideas. These ideas allow for us to easily understand our environment because…

Prompt # 5 One of John Locke’s purposes in, “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding,” is to establish a clear distinction between primary and secondary qualities that are perceived in bodies. To prove this, Locke argues that primary qualities are solidity, extension, figure, rest, motion and inhere in a body. Then, he proposes that secondary qualities are color, tastes, sounds, and smells that are separable from a body and are rather powers to produce sensations in us by the use of their…

is derived from experience. However, while Locke argued that knowledge is also acquired through our senses, such as, primary qualities, the perception, and secondary qualities, the object perceived, Berkeley argued that our minds and ideas are the sole essence of most knowledge, except knowledge of self and knowledge of God. As a subjective idealist, he believed that physical objects only exist as they are perceived. More specifically, there are no primary or secondary properties of objects in…

2, Chapter 8 of his Essay), all bodies possess “real” or “primary” qualities (solidity, extension, figure, number, and motion). Real qualities are those which are “inseparable” from the bodies themselves. To take Locke's example (Essay 2.8.9), a grain of wheat will have solidity, extension, figure and so on when it is intact, and it will retain these properties whatever happens to it. Locke distinguishes primary qualities from powers in bodies to produce sensations in observers, which he calls…

data in which we have direct access to. This is the idea of representative realism in which we see a distinction from our experiences with objects and the objects. With this claim he avoids the critical worries like the bent straw argument since according to him just because we see those things does not mean they actually exist in reality. Locke’s idea of representative realism states that there are two properties corresponding to the distinction of object perception. First there is the primary…

intellect. To conclude that the essence of the wax is known through the intellect, Descartes must demonstrate that it is not known by the senses or the imagination. Hence, he must present arguments that 1) negate the senses and 2) negate the imagination. Negating Sense: Initially, the wax appears to have features such as colour, taste, smell, size, shape, and solidity. These qualities are the wax’s sensory properties. These qualities can alter without the essence of the…

He talks about qualities of being in one’s body in which the mind perceives on its own. Therefore quality is also a power that produces some idea in one’s mind. When he talks about “they are ideas or perception in our minds; and as they are modifications of matter in the bodies that cause such perception s in us” (E.24) keeping in mind that ideas or perception are internal operations in our minds that are perceived and reflected by ourselves. Therefore “modifications of matter” lack internal…

Evidence-Based Practice D1. My Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) project centered around aspiration during IM injections. Current practice varies between institutions and between healthcare professionals Aspiration has long been taught in the nursing profession as the golden rule and many nurses and medical assistants continue to perform this way. However, there are other practices who state that this is no longer the preferred method with some injection site exceptions. This discrepancy in…