Samuel Alexander

Samuel Alexander
Samuel Alexander OMwas an Australian-born British philosopher. He was the first Jewish fellow of an Oxbridge college...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth6 January 1859
CountryAustralia
expectations objects belonging
An expectation is a future object, recognised as belonging to me.
psychology deals whole
Psychology is the science of the act of experiencing, and deals with the whole system of such acts as they make up mental life.
tree perception
In the perception of a tree we can distinguish the act of experiencing, or perceiving, from the thing experienced, or perceived.