Ep. 353: Reid on Visual Knowledge (Part One)

Ep. 353: Reid on Visual Knowledge (Part One)

Author: Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey October 21, 2024 Duration: 48:59

We're continuing our treatment of Thomas Reid's Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense (1764), now discussing ch. 6: "Of Seeing."

Does vision provide the exception to Reid's point that our sensations do not resemble objects in the world? Images surely seem to do so! What does this mean for Reid's epistemology?

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