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" Common sense says that chairs and tables exist independently of whether anyone happens to perceive them or not. "
Sense
Chairs
Common
" In all the sciences except Psychology we deal with objects and their changes, and leave out of account as far as possible the mind which observes them. "
Possible
Far
Changes
" 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. "
Minds
Possible
Psychology
" 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. "
Clear
Real
Our
" It should now be clear why the method of Philosophy is so different from that of the natural sciences. Experiments are not made, because they would be utterly useless. "
Useless
Why
Philosophy
" Our analysis of truth and falsehood, or of the nature of judgment, is not very likely to be influenced by our hopes and fears. "
Analysis
Truth
Nature
" 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. "
Know
Act
Forget
" When I see a colour or hear a sound, I am aware of something, and not of nothing. "
Sound
Colour
See
" 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. "
Say
Clear
Long
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