German distinguishes momentary experience from accumulated knowledge through it
Evidence
The mind contemplates some things through its own instrumentality, others through the bodily faculties. … It follows that we cannot know things through the senses alone, since through the senses alone we cannot know that things exist. Therefore knowledge consists in reflection, not in impressions, and perception is not knowledge, because it ‘has no part in apprehending truth, since it has none in apprehending existence’. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 693 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Knowledge requires mental reflection on existence rather than passive sensory impressions — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 693; Language creates consciousness of self as separate from the environment.; Erfahrung differs from Erlebnis as culturally mediated versus immediate experience — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 2150 (+1 more)
Related
- Knowledge requires mental reflection on existence rather than passive sensory impressions (similarity 0.83)
- Erfahrung differs from Erlebnis as culturally mediated versus immediate experience (similarity 0.82)
- Knowledge acquisition is an active creative process, not mechanical reception (similarity 0.80)
- Concepts are reflections that explain things through context beyond immediate experience (similarity 0.79)
- Thought is self-initiated while sensation requires an external object (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Knowledge requires mental reflection on existence rather than passive sensory impressions
#expands(0.70) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 693 - Language creates consciousness of self as separate from the environment.
#corroborates(0.55)