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In epistemology, Sensualism is a doctrine whereby sensations and perception are the basic and most important form of true cognition. It may oppose abstract ideas. [1]
This philosophical current is based on the idea that all our ideas and knowledge originate from the sensations and perceptions we have of the world around us. In other words, for sensualists, sensory experience is the primary source of human knowledge.
Sensualism. Sensualism is a metaphysical doctrine concerning “the object of all our rational cognitions” (A853-4/B881-2). Specifically, it holds that the only actual or existing objects are objects of the senses. Alleged objects of the pure intellect are, on this view, only imaginary.
Abstract: The late Nietzsche defended a position which he sometimes to refers as ‘sensualism’ and which consists of two main theses: senses ‘do not lie’ (T1) and sense organs are ‘causes’ (T2). Two influential interpretations of this position have been proposed by Clark and Hussain, who also address the question whether Nietzsche's ...
sensualism, namely, the problem of the qualitative content of sensation. In this paper I will make the case for the claim that Nietzsche takes it to be an important—if not vital—issue for his sensualism. A so far unknown marginal note regarding the theory of sensation defended
The late Nietzsche defended a position which he sometimes to refers as ‘sensualism’ and which consists of two main theses: senses ‘do not lie’ (T1) and sense organs are ‘causes’ (T2).
Suddenly, though, there has been an academic revival in Hemingway studies in which, with an irony no satirist could have imagined, Hemingway, who in his day exemplified American macho, has ...
