Single Idea 24130

[catalogued under 12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 6. Inference in Perception]

Full Idea

Belief is already present in every sense impression going back to the very moment it begins: a kind of Yes-saying first intellectual activity!

Gist of Idea

An affirmative belief is present in every basic sense impression

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1884-85 [1884], 25[168])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1884-85 (v 15)', ed/tr. Loeb,P.S./Tinsley,D.F. [Stanford 2022], p.49


A Reaction

He seems right that there is an intrinsic commitment to believing sense impressions, even in animals. Presumably more of a default setting than an intellectual choice.