The Problems of Philosophy: Introductory ReadingsWilliam P. Alston, Richard B. Brandt |
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... laws of behaviour which regulate his life ' for ' laws of conduct by which he regulates his life ' in the argument quoted the undistributed middle is no longer insuperable . For we believe that it is not only true that being regulated by ...
... laws of behaviour which regulate his life ' for ' laws of conduct by which he regulates his life ' in the argument quoted the undistributed middle is no longer insuperable . For we believe that it is not only true that being regulated by ...
Page 616
... laws about falling bodies figure in other explanations . To the extent that laws about purposes have been established , they can be used as explanations like any other laws . Unfortu- nately the only laws ( if any ) that we are in a ...
... laws about falling bodies figure in other explanations . To the extent that laws about purposes have been established , they can be used as explanations like any other laws . Unfortu- nately the only laws ( if any ) that we are in a ...
Page 617
... laws , and so on ? but must we not finally come to a stop ? The bursting of the pipes is explained by the expansion ... laws , laws which explain but cannot even in principle be explained ? In practice we come rather quickly to laws ...
... laws , and so on ? but must we not finally come to a stop ? The bursting of the pipes is explained by the expansion ... laws , laws which explain but cannot even in principle be explained ? In practice we come rather quickly to laws ...
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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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