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... better we should lead , and if there be any idea which , if believed in , would help us to lead that life , then it would be really better for us to believe in that idea , unless , indeed , belief in it incidentally clashed with other ...
... better we should lead , and if there be any idea which , if believed in , would help us to lead that life , then it would be really better for us to believe in that idea , unless , indeed , belief in it incidentally clashed with other ...
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... better than an- other for a given purpose ' . No doubt Einstein's vocabulary is better than Newton's for one who wants to make correct predictions . But what is it about that vocabulary which makes it better ? Is it just , as Rorty puts ...
... better than an- other for a given purpose ' . No doubt Einstein's vocabulary is better than Newton's for one who wants to make correct predictions . But what is it about that vocabulary which makes it better ? Is it just , as Rorty puts ...
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... better than the anti - Semitic society , for that would imply some sort of transcultural standard of comparison . The failure to condemn these practices does not seem " enlightened ” ; on the contrary , slavery and anti- Semitism seem ...
... better than the anti - Semitic society , for that would imply some sort of transcultural standard of comparison . The failure to condemn these practices does not seem " enlightened ” ; on the contrary , slavery and anti- Semitism seem ...
Contents
What Is Philosophy? | 1 |
A Little Bit of Logic | 23 |
Philosophy of Religion 3355 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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