The Problems of Philosophy: Introductory ReadingsWilliam P. Alston, Richard B. Brandt |
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... KNOWLEDGE Bertrand Russell Bertrand Russell ( 1872- ) was for many years Fellow of Trinity College , Cambridge , and Lecturer in Philosophy at Cambridge University . In this lecture , I wish to apply the logical - analytic method to one ...
... KNOWLEDGE Bertrand Russell Bertrand Russell ( 1872- ) was for many years Fellow of Trinity College , Cambridge , and Lecturer in Philosophy at Cambridge University . In this lecture , I wish to apply the logical - analytic method to one ...
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... knowledge , we must nevertheless accept that knowledge in the main if philos- ophy is to be possible at all . There is not any superfine brand of knowledge , obtainable by the philosopher , which can give us a standpoint from which to ...
... knowledge , we must nevertheless accept that knowledge in the main if philos- ophy is to be possible at all . There is not any superfine brand of knowledge , obtainable by the philosopher , which can give us a standpoint from which to ...
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... knowledge , the first point that confronts us is the sharp distinction between two kinds of knowledge which have been called respec- tively a priori and empirical . Most of our knowledge we obtain by observation of the external world ...
... knowledge , the first point that confronts us is the sharp distinction between two kinds of knowledge which have been called respec- tively a priori and empirical . Most of our knowledge we obtain by observation of the external world ...
Contents
The Inconceivability of Gods Nonexistence | 1 |
From Nature to | 2 |
A Critique of the Argument from Design | 3 |
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