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Vocabulary

The object of external perception

Idealism : system of thought in which the object of external perception is held to consist of ideas.

I don't make out 'the object of external perception'. What is the difference between the object of external perception and that of internal perception?

  

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; things you perceive with your five senses. Internal: ideas, thoughts, memories These are stored in your brain from previous external experiences. They happen inside you.

  • ; things you perceive with your five senses.
  • Internal: ideas, thoughts, memories These are stored in your brain from previous external experiences.
  • They happen inside you.
  • You have no need for sights and sounds in your immediate environment.
  • You can just call these things up at will from your brain.
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External: a table (that you can see and feel), music (that you hear), chocolate (that you can see, taste, and feel), etc.; things you perceive with your five senses.

Internal: ideas, thoughts, memories
These are stored in your brain from previous external experiences. They happen inside you. You have no need for sights and sounds in your immediate environment. You can just call t

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