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... theories about the nature of things . Thus we have , in astronomy , a theory of the universe at large ; in economics , a theory of the production and distribution of wealth ; in psychology , a theory of the mind and its relation to the ...
... theories about the nature of things . Thus we have , in astronomy , a theory of the universe at large ; in economics , a theory of the production and distribution of wealth ; in psychology , a theory of the mind and its relation to the ...
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... theory to account for that of which it is a theory , not to deny it , Kant was moved to say , in effect , " So much the worse for Hume's theory . " If the appeal to experience will not serve as a satisfactory hypothesis , by means of ...
... theory to account for that of which it is a theory , not to deny it , Kant was moved to say , in effect , " So much the worse for Hume's theory . " If the appeal to experience will not serve as a satisfactory hypothesis , by means of ...
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... theory of evolution . Anaximander appealed to me especially . I also worked at Aristotle very thoroughly . In my second term Spinoza absorbed me by his consistency and his dis- passionate conception of the universe . But the impression ...
... theory of evolution . Anaximander appealed to me especially . I also worked at Aristotle very thoroughly . In my second term Spinoza absorbed me by his consistency and his dis- passionate conception of the universe . But the impression ...
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