Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice.

What is the meaning of the togetherness of the perceiving mind, in that peculiar modification of perceiving which makes it perceive not a star but a tree, and the tree itself, is a problem for philosophy

An expectation is a future object, recognised as belonging to me.

... when demand is being destroyed by expensive oil just as expensive oil is incentivising increased production - it should come as no surprise that at some point the markets would react.

But unfortunately Locke treated ideas of reflection as if they were another class of objects of contemplation beside ideas of sensation.

The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis.

The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects.