For Descartes the fact that one can conceive Thought distinctly from Extension is evidence for the existence of two substances mind and body.
If, on the other hand, one holds that it is the finite intellect that conceives the attributes, and it only conceives Thought and Extension, then these are the only two attributes there are.
I reflect on the influence of Dickinson on the way I think about the world and the actual language with which my brain conceives thoughts and perceptions about my day and life.
He agrees they are "really distinct" from each other (1P10Schol).[5] Furthermore, he agrees that "mind" has to be conceived through Thought, and "body" through Extension.
Furthermore, in the semantic triangle, the Boethian ordo orandi now can be described entirely in terms of sign and significate.[43] Insofar as concepts agree with vocal expressions in their function of being signs, it makes sense to conceive of thought processes as a kind of mental speech (oratio mentalis) showing close analogies to spoken discourse.
Matter, with its properties of extension, impenetrability, etc., cannot be conceived as producing thought.
She said the cull was "ill conceived and ill thought-out, expensive and won't help cattle famers one iota".
Indeed, he argues that values are constructed in order to resolve problematic situations, and valuation is conceived as reflective thought that responds to such situations, with the aim of providing means for what Dewey calls the 'directed resolution' of the situation.
Whatever the literal meaning of their words, they were visionary leaders of a nation conceived in independent thought, and would never have wanted Americans more than two centuries later to be restrained from applying their own independent thought and intelligence to the running of the country.
The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche said that "All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking".
