Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Hume "Mind/Body I"
As I was reading through the chapter on "Origin of Ideas" I was very interested to see what Hume's point of view would be. He talks about the differences between thoughts and impressions. Thoughts go in and out of our minds, "What am I going to wear today?", "What is the squareroot of 100?", "What time is it?", "When is dinner?" Our minds are constantly thinking up new ideas and questions, whether we notice that we are involved or not. Impressions stay with us forever. I remember riding my bike down a hill and around a turn with my brother in law, I saw he did it so gracefully, so why couldnt I?. . Well I found out two seconds later that I couldn't, when I took the turn too fast, flipped over my handle bars, and landed on someone lawn, not too far from a huge rock. For the longest time, I would get sick going down the huge hill on Rt 23 that goes over 287. It would actually make me scared and dizzy, because it would bring back (such great) memories of that one time. When I went down rt 23 the scary feeling would arrive from my past experience. The fall would replay over and over in my head as if it was actually happening right then and there. Hume also uses an example of how if someone is angry, you know understand what they are feeling but you cannot physically feel their emotions.
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woww great story! well not the part of u falling off the bike, lol, but great example for your post! i just wanted to mention that i have a good example of what Hume was saying here too, i think he is referring to our mind storing these 'impressions' or 'flashbacks'...when i used to work at a bank in my town, i got ROBBEd!!! and everyyytime i go to the bank now, i have to go in the drive thru or use the ATM because when i walk in there, the swishing sound of the door reminds me of the bank robber walking in and i get the chillls...then when i stand at the counter waiting to be helped, i get dizzy as if im going to faint again, just lke whne he passed me the note to rob me! crazy! Hume is right on the money, and so are you with this post!! :)
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