The Problems of Philosophy: Introductory ReadingsWilliam P. Alston, Richard B. Brandt |
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... consciousness in anything but one's own brain , though , by analogy , we are justified in assuming its existence in other men . Now if , by some accident , a man's spinal cord is divided , his limbs are paralyzed , so far as his ...
... consciousness in anything but one's own brain , though , by analogy , we are justified in assuming its existence in other men . Now if , by some accident , a man's spinal cord is divided , his limbs are paralyzed , so far as his ...
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... consciousness which remarks our waking thoughts : I say , in all these cases , our consciousness being interrupted , and we losing the sight of our past selves , doubts are raised whether we are the same thinking thing , i . e . , the ...
... consciousness which remarks our waking thoughts : I say , in all these cases , our consciousness being interrupted , and we losing the sight of our past selves , doubts are raised whether we are the same thinking thing , i . e . , the ...
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... consciousness the conviction we have of our past actions , as if a man may now be conscious of what he did twenty years ago . It is impossible to understand the meaning of this , unless by consciousness he meant memory , the only ...
... consciousness the conviction we have of our past actions , as if a man may now be conscious of what he did twenty years ago . It is impossible to understand the meaning of this , unless by consciousness he meant memory , the only ...
Contents
The Inconceivability of Gods Nonexistence | 1 |
From Nature to | 2 |
A Critique of the Argument from Design | 3 |
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