Skip to content
Carmelics
TopicsThinkersChangesContributorsLoading account…

    Carmelics

    A reasoning platform. Break down any belief into clear reasons, explore both sides, and weigh the evidence honestly.

    Navigate

    • Topics
    • Search
    • Recent Changes
    • Contribute
    • How It Works
    • Glossary
    • Thinkers
    • Contributors
    • About
    • Statistics
    • Terms
    • Privacy

    Database

    Statements
    —
    Perspectives
    —
    Topics
    —

    Press ? for keyboard shortcuts

    LoyalLoyalJusticeJustice
    Made withinDC&Austin
    Statements
    321,452
    Perspectives
    108,905
    Topics
    42
    An idea that requires experiential triggers to be summone... — Carmelics
    Home
    HistoryEditSee Inverse

    Part of a larger discussion

    Challenges→An innate idea is not one that is always before the mind, but one that the mind has the faculty to summon

    An idea that requires experiential triggers to be summoned, as Descartes concedes with sensory occasions, exhibits contingent rather than innate origin.

    ?Rate how convincing each reason is below to see the overall strength.
    1 reason for
    1 reason against

    Reasons For

    1 perspective
    Reason for
    ?
    • 1.If ideas require external triggers to activate, their existence depends on contingent world-states, not necessary cognitive structures.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.Descartes' own admission that sensory occasions prompt ideas undermines his claim that these ideas are innate, not derived from experience.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.Truly innate ideas should be accessible without environmental conditions; dependence on experiential triggers indicates empirical origin.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Reasons Against

    1 perspective
    Reason against
    ?
    • 1.Activation-requirement and origin-claim are distinct: a dormant innate structure may require triggers to become conscious without ceasing to be innate.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.Sensory occasions might occasion ideas without causing them—triggering pre-existing rational capacities differs from generating ideas from sensory content.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.Even empiricists grant that some structured cognitive principles organize experience; innateness may describe these principles, not their conscious deployment.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Sign in or register to share your perspective on this statement.

    Next step

    Based on where you are in your exploration

    Strongest counterpoint
    Explore the most compelling reason on the other side.

    Connections

    2 topics

    Truth & Knowledge1 linkedConsciousness & Mind1 linked

    Related

    Activation-requirement and origin-claim are distinct: a dormant innate structure...An innate idea is not one that is always before the mind, but one that the mind ...Descartes' own admission that sensory occasions prompt ideas undermines his clai...Even empiricists grant that some structured cognitive principles organize experi...
    +3 moreShow less
    If ideas require external triggers to activate, their existence depends on conti...Sensory occasions might occasion ideas without causing them—triggering pre-exist...Truly innate ideas should be accessible without environmental conditions; depend...

    Details

    Type
    claim
    Perspectives
    2 (1 for, 1 against)
    Edits
    1 edit