Describe the laws of association that Aristotle proposed.
Aristotle described two major empirical aspects of his philosophy known as memory and recall that led to the concept of perception of sense. This contrasts with the explanation of Plato that was considered as nativistic. Remembering refers to the spontaneous collection of previous experience that led to the major aspect of one’s own body mind and thoughts. Recall refers to the performing mental operations in a past experience level.
Hence, the Aristotle hypothesized four basic laws of association that are as follows:-
1. Law of contiguity:- It states that when we think about something, we also ready to think about things that were already experienced along with this phenomena.
2. Law of similarity:- It states that when we think about something, we also ready to think about similar things between the two parts.
3. Law of contrast:- It states that when we think about something, we also tend to think about opposite things that were already experienced between the two parts.
4. Law of frequency:- It states that the more experiences occurred together results in the development of stronger association.