It is clear that every immediate object of our senses both exists and is real in the primary meaning of these terms so long as we remain aware of the object.
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Our analysis of truth and falsehood, or of the nature of judgment, is not very likely to be influenced by our hopes and fears.Charles D. Broad
When we say that Philosophy tries to clear up the meanings of concepts we do not mean that it is simply concerned to substitute some long phrase for some familiar word.
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Common sense says that chairs and tables exist independently of whether anyone happens to perceive them or not.
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In Psychology we deal with minds and their processes, and leave out of account as far as possible the objects that we get to know by means of them.
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When I see a colour or hear a sound, I am aware of something, and not of nothing.
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