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The mind is defined as a collection of impressions [1] and is responsible for processing these raw impressions into complex ideas {fact:3, fact:4}. Furthermore, the relationship between the mind and impressions is central to philosophical debates regarding whether impressions can exist independently of the mind [2].
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Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu 2 facts
claimDavid Hume claimed the mind is nothing but a 'bundle' or 'heap' of impressions and ideas, which are particular mental states or events without an owner.
claimDavid Hume believed that an impression might 'float free' from the mind to which it belonged, implying that the identity conditions of individual mental states are independent of the identity of the person who possesses them.
Sources of Knowledge: Rationalism, Empiricism, and the Kantian ... press.rebus.community 2 facts
claimComplex ideas are formed by the mind, either from more than one simple idea or from complex impressions, and are divisible because they have parts.
claimThe human mind is equipped from birth with a structure or architecture that enables it to make sense of raw impressions and form concepts where there is no one-to-one correspondence between impressions and ideas.