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Introspection

The British educator and philosopher John Locke


established introspection as a method of inquiry
by pointing out that there are only two direct
sources of all knowledge: the things of the outside
world and the human mind. He did this by drawing
on the concepts of Rene Descartes. In this sense,
only the subject of knowledge itself has access to
all significant psychological facts of consciousness.
It's possible that what one person perceives as
"blue" and another does not at all resemble one
another.

The British educator and philosopher John Locke


established introspection as a method of inquiry
by pointing out that there are only two direct
sources of all knowledge: the things of the outside
world and the human mind. He did this by drawing
on the concepts of Rene Descartes. In this sense,
only the subject of knowledge itself has access to
all significant psychological facts of consciousness.
It's possible that what one person perceives as
"blue" and another does not at all resemble one
another.

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