The Problems of Philosophy: Introductory ReadingsWilliam P. Alston, Richard B. Brandt |
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... doubt concerning some matter of fact is not equivalent to the exclusion of the logical possibility of error or illusion . For truths concerning fact are not logically necessary . Their con- trary is never self - contradictory . But at ...
... doubt concerning some matter of fact is not equivalent to the exclusion of the logical possibility of error or illusion . For truths concerning fact are not logically necessary . Their con- trary is never self - contradictory . But at ...
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... doubt about the true answer to that question which leads most people to doubt the reality of moral responsibility . Yet on this crucial question the hypothetical proposition which is offered as a sufficient statement of the condition ...
... doubt about the true answer to that question which leads most people to doubt the reality of moral responsibility . Yet on this crucial question the hypothetical proposition which is offered as a sufficient statement of the condition ...
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... doubt whether I am , or exist , so long as I doubt or think . Hence I , who doubt and think , am not a body ; otherwise in entertaining doubt concerning body , I should doubt about myself . Nay , even though I obstinately maintain that ...
... doubt whether I am , or exist , so long as I doubt or think . Hence I , who doubt and think , am not a body ; otherwise in entertaining doubt concerning body , I should doubt about myself . Nay , even though I obstinately maintain that ...
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The Inconceivability of Gods Nonexistence | 1 |
From Nature to | 2 |
A Critique of the Argument from Design | 3 |
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