 | England - 1836 - 884 pages
...they are present." Elsewhere he says, that " consciousness is a word ueed hy philosophers to signify that immediate knowledge which we have of our present...general, of all the present operations of our minds." From these descriptions, we may collect four characteristics of the power ; — 1. That it is an intellectual... | |
 | English literature - 1821 - 676 pages
...by later pliiloso* " Consciousness is a word used by Philosophers to signify that immediateknowledge which we have of our present thoughts and purposes,...general, of all the present operations of our minds. Whence we may observe, that consciousness is only of things present.. To apply consciousness to things... | |
 | Thomas Reid - Philosophy - 1822 - 432 pages
...perceiving is from remembering or imagining. 7. Consciousness is a word used by philosophers, to signify that immediate knowledge which we have of our present...general, of all the present operations of our minds. Whence we may observe, that consciousness is only of things present. To apply consciousness to things... | |
 | Thomas Reid - Act (Philosophy). - 1827 - 706 pages
...perceiving is from remembering or imagining. 7. Consciousness is a word used by Philosophers, to signify that immediate knowledge which we have of our present...general, of all the present operations of our minds. Whence we may observe, that consciousness is only of things present. To apply consciousness to things... | |
 | George Payne - 1828 - 574 pages
...conceived, be abandoned. " Consciousness," says Dr. Reid, " is a word used by philosophers to signify that immediate knowledge which we have of our present...and, in general, of all the present operations of the mind."* Within the compass of a few lines, he speaks of it as " a power by which we have a knowledge... | |
 | David Thom - Calvinism - 1833 - 516 pages
...to our liability to be deceived in our * " Consciousness is a won! used by philosophers to signify that immediate knowledge which we have of our present...general of all the present operations of our minds. Whence we may observe that consciousness is only of things present. To apply consciousness to things... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - Logic - 1835 - 312 pages
...operations proper to each sense ; perceiving expresses that which is common to them all. 24. Consciousness signifies that immediate knowledge which we have of...and not of things external, or without the mind. 25. Concaving, imagining, and apprehending, are commonly used as synonymous in our language, and signify... | |
 | 1836 - 928 pages
...they are present." Elsewhere he says, that "consciousness is a word used by philosophers to signify that immediate knowledge which we have of our present...general, of all the present operations of our minds." From these descriptions, we may collect four characteristics of the power ; — 1. That it is an intellectual... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - Logic - 1837 - 312 pages
...operations proper to each sense ; perceiving expresses that which is common to them all. 24. Consciousness signifies that immediate knowledge which we have of...and not of things external, or without the mind. 25. Conceiving, imagining, and apprehending, are commonly used as synonymous in our language, and signify... | |
 | Johann Eduard Erdmann - Philosophy, Modern - 1842 - 720 pages
...an .uneasy sensation. Essayt. Vol. I. p. 52. Consciousuess is a word used by Philosophers to signify that immediate knowledge which we have of our present...general of all the present operations of our minds. — It is likewise to be observed that consciousuess is only of things in the mind and not of external... | |
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Consciousness is a word used by philosophers, to signify that immediate knowledge which we have of our present thoughts and purposes, and, in general, of all the present operations of our minds. Whence we may observe, that consciousness is only of things... 
