The phrase "assumption of mind" is not commonly used in written English and may be unclear in meaning.
It could be used in contexts discussing mental processes or cognitive theories, but it may require additional clarification for the reader.
Example: "The assumption of mind in this theory suggests that individuals interpret experiences based on their mental frameworks."
Alternatives: "mental assumption" or "cognitive presumption".
However, those who have used the term "sense data" have so frequently concluded that what we are directly aware of in perception is, in fact, dependent on the mind that the term is now usually understood to import an assumption of mind-dependence.
Ferrier shares with Hamilton a largely unspoken assumption that the question of mind and world lies at the heart of philosophy.
Originally conceived in the middle of the eighteenth century as a real alternative to materialistic and naturalistic perspectives, it may now become sublated and integrated into views about the nature of reality that ignore metaphysical oppositions or epistemological questions connected with the assumption of the priority of mind over matter or the other way round.
It is, of course, an empirical question whether high empathy subjects make the out of sight, out of mind assumption, either consciously or unconsciously, and Batson might protect his argument from our critique by showing that high empathy subjects do make the assumption in experimental situations like those he has used.
Call this the out of sight, out of mind assumption.[30] Elaborating on an idea suggested by Shaun Nichols (2004a: 55), it might be proposed that although subjects do believe this when they have little empathy for the target, they do not believe it when they have high empathy for the target.
But if people do not make the out of sight, out of mind assumption when they have high empathy for the target, then the aversive-arousal reduction hypothesis predicts that high empathy subjects will be inclined to help in both easy and difficult escape conditions, since helping is the only effective strategy for reducing the aversive arousal.
It depends on metaphysical assumptions about the nature of mind (soul) that are philosophically unconvincing, involving obscure ideas that are plainly at odds with our everyday experience and observations concerning the relationship between mind and body.
"I'm going to make no assumptions about what state of mind everyone's in, but if you're unable to find your seat, check for a trail of snack wrappers, it will probably lead you there," joked Stewart Fortier, the master of ceremonies for the evening.
One reason the United States came to grief was the deeply held ideological assumption in the mind of key American policymakers, like Alan Greenspan, that Ronald Reagan was correct in saying that "government is not a solution to our problem; government is the problem".
If I had been in a more vulnerable frame of mind, those assumptions might have had a lasting impact (and would probably have caused me to seek more solace in food).
They are not metaphysical propositions because they do not assert the existence of metaphysical kinds (mind and matter) but of the methodological assumptions that govern the study of mind and nature.
