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... rules for truth seeking ( never to believe any hypothesis when there is no evidence or insufficient evidence ) or to ... rule . That , for me , is the long and short of the logic of the situation . The great empiricists are only ...
... rules for truth seeking ( never to believe any hypothesis when there is no evidence or insufficient evidence ) or to ... rule . That , for me , is the long and short of the logic of the situation . The great empiricists are only ...
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... rule was to divide each problem or diffi- culty into as many parts as possible . The third rule was to com- mence my reflections with objects which were the simplest and easiest to understand , and rise thence , little by little , to ...
... rule was to divide each problem or diffi- culty into as many parts as possible . The third rule was to com- mence my reflections with objects which were the simplest and easiest to understand , and rise thence , little by little , to ...
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... rule . Thus , of one who undermines the foundations of his house , they would say he might have known a priori that it would tumble down ; know it , that is , from the general rule that unsupported bodies fall . But this general rule ...
... rule . Thus , of one who undermines the foundations of his house , they would say he might have known a priori that it would tumble down ; know it , that is , from the general rule that unsupported bodies fall . But this general rule ...
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The pragmatic approach to natural theology | 73 |
A METAPHYSICAL PROBLEM | 91 |
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