The Problems of Philosophy: Introductory ReadingsWilliam P. Alston, Richard B. Brandt |
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... effects of the human make and fabric , and closely con- nected with it . If we anatomize all the other reasons of this nature , we shall find that they are founded on the relation of cause and effect , and that this relation is either ...
... effects of the human make and fabric , and closely con- nected with it . If we anatomize all the other reasons of this nature , we shall find that they are founded on the relation of cause and effect , and that this relation is either ...
Page 553
... effect which will result from it without consulting past observation , after what manner , I beseech you , must the mind . proceed in this operation ? It must invent or imagine some event which it ascribes to the object as its effect ...
... effect which will result from it without consulting past observation , after what manner , I beseech you , must the mind . proceed in this operation ? It must invent or imagine some event which it ascribes to the object as its effect ...
Page 554
... effect in all natu- ral operations is arbitrary where we consult not experience , so must we also esteem the supposed tie or connection between the cause and effect which binds them together and renders it impossible that any other effect ...
... effect in all natu- ral operations is arbitrary where we consult not experience , so must we also esteem the supposed tie or connection between the cause and effect which binds them together and renders it impossible that any other effect ...
Contents
The Inconceivability of Gods Nonexistence | 1 |
From Nature to | 2 |
A Critique of the Argument from Design | 3 |
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