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Samuel Alexander
Samuel Alexander
Australian Philosopher
Born: Jan 6, 1859
Died: Sep 13, 1938
Act Future Mental Object Perception Which
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It is more difficult to designate this form of conation on its practical side by a satisfactory name. Samuel Alexander
Difficult Side More Name Practical Form Satisfactory Designate
Psychology is the science of the act of experiencing, and deals with the whole system of such acts as they make up mental life. Samuel Alexander
Life Science System Mental Make Make Up Deals Up Experiencing Psychology Act Whole Acts
But though cognition is not an element of mental action, nor even in any real sense of the word an aspect of it, the distinction of cognition and conation has if properly defined a definite value. Samuel Alexander
Word Value Sense Action Defined Distinction Definite Though Mental Properly Real Nor Any Real Sense Aspect Even Element Cognition
Hence, in desiring, the more the enjoyment is delayed, the more fancy begins to weave about the object images of future fruition, and to clothe the desired object with properties calculated to inflame the impulse. Samuel Alexander
Future Object Delayed Weave About Properties More Calculated Begins Inflame Impulse Fruition Fancy Hence Enjoyment Images Desired Desiring
An expectation is a future object, recognised as belonging to me. Samuel Alexander
Future Me Expectation Recognised Object Belonging
The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects. Samuel Alexander
Distinguished Objects Accordingly Sensory Acts
An object is not first imagined or thought about and then expected or willed, but in being actively expected it is imagined as future and in being willed it is thought. Samuel Alexander
Future Thought First Willed Object About Expected Being Then Actively Imagined
But unfortunately Locke treated ideas of reflection as if they were another class of objects of contemplation beside ideas of sensation. Samuel Alexander
Class Reflection Locke Beside Objects Contemplation Ideas Another Were Sensation Unfortunately Treated
It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment. Samuel Alexander
Speak Added Phrase Objects Prevent Contemplated Contemplation Course Misunderstanding Itself May Act Enjoyment Last
The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception. Samuel Alexander
Mind Perception Object Perceptive Reaction Which Act
When we come to images or memories or thoughts, speculation, while always closely related to practice, is more explicit, and it is in fact not immediately obvious that such processes can be described in any sense as practical. Samuel Alexander
Thoughts Memories Practice Sense Related Immediately More Fact Come Obvious Practical Always Closely Any In Fact Processes While Explicit Images Speculation

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