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... external bodies , rather than otherwise ; and so it might be at least probable that there are such things as bodies that excite ideas in our minds . But neither can this be said . For , though we give the materialists their " external ...
... external bodies , rather than otherwise ; and so it might be at least probable that there are such things as bodies that excite ideas in our minds . But neither can this be said . For , though we give the materialists their " external ...
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... external objects . It is this . There can be nothing more certain than that the idea we receive from an external object is in our minds . Of this fact we have intuitive knowledge . But whether there be anything more than barely the idea ...
... external objects . It is this . There can be nothing more certain than that the idea we receive from an external object is in our minds . Of this fact we have intuitive knowledge . But whether there be anything more than barely the idea ...
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... external world . In the production of knowledge the mind acts to impose form on content supplied by the external world . This leads to a new problem : If knowledge is a joint product of mind and world , and mind's contribution is the ...
... external world . In the production of knowledge the mind acts to impose form on content supplied by the external world . This leads to a new problem : If knowledge is a joint product of mind and world , and mind's contribution is the ...
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The pragmatic approach to natural theology | 73 |
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