"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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"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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Now

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"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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"When I see a colour or hear a sound, I am aware of something, and not of nothing."

Nothing

"The pure natural scientist is liable to forget that minds exist, and that if it were not for them he could neither know nor act on physical objects."

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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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