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The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis.

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The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects.

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The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental.

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Thus the same object may supply a practical perception to one person and a speculative one to another, or the same person may perceive it partly practically and partly speculatively.

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We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Philosopher

Born: January 6th, 1859

Died: September 13th, 1938

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