...propension we may have to imagine that simplicity and identity. The comparison of the theatre must not mislead us. They are the successive perceptions only, that constitute the mind. 1 " This sensualistic conception of consciousness asserts then that "every distinct perception which...

...natural propension we have to imagine that simplicity and identity. The comparison of the theatre must not mislead us. They are the successive perceptions...notion of the place where these scenes are represented or of the materials of which it is composed.'2 What, then, causes our propensity to attribute identity...

...no simplicity in it at one time, nor identity in different [...]. The comparison of the theatre must not mislead us. They are the successive perceptions...of the place, where these scenes are represented, or of the materials, of which it is compos'd. Das empirische Bewußtsein, welches verschiedene Vorstellungen...

...particles in motion, but Hume immediately withdraws the metaphor: 'The comparison of the theatre must not mislead us. They are the successive perceptions...of the place, where these scenes are represented, or of the materials, of which it is compos'd.'27 The experimental method of reasoning is being deployed...

...where several perceptions successively make their appearance . . . The comparison of the theatre must not mislead us. They are the successive perceptions...of the place, where these scenes are represented' (p. 253). Dennett (1991) critiques the notion of a Cartesian theatre.) Thus, there is no real simplicity...

...performance, by the difference between the viewer and the visible: "The comparison of the theatre must not mislead us. They are the successive perceptions...distant notion of the place, where these scenes are represented."88 We do not have even the most distant notion of that place because the place of the...

...appearance; pass, re-pass, glide away, and mingle in an infinite variety of postures and situations. . . . They are the successive perceptions only, that constitute...of the place, where these scenes are represented, or of the materials, of which it is compos'd.4 If knowledge is merely a matter of perception through...

...to imagine that simplicity and identity. The comparison of the theatre must not mislead us. 'I'hey are the successive perceptions only, that constitute...of the place, where these scenes are represented, or of the materials, of which 'tis compos'd. What then gives us so great a propension to ascribe an...

...propension we may have to imagine that simplicity and identity. The comparison of the theater must not lead us. They are the successive perceptions only, that...of the place, where these scenes are represented, or of the materials, of which it is compos'd. What then gives us so great a propension to ascribe an...

...self external to its impressions, but then hastened to warn that "the comparison with the theater must not mislead us. They are the successive perceptions only, that constitute the mind."74 One possible way out of the dilemma is to argue that Hume rejected a strong a priori, epistemic...