The Problems of Philosophy: Introductory ReadingsWilliam P. Alston, Richard B. Brandt |
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... Matter . - When we ask what is meant by a bit of Matter the question is itself ambiguous . In one sense a complete answer to it would be a complete theory of Matter , and this could only be made , if at all , at the very end of our ...
... Matter . - When we ask what is meant by a bit of Matter the question is itself ambiguous . In one sense a complete answer to it would be a complete theory of Matter , and this could only be made , if at all , at the very end of our ...
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... Matter . Bits of Matter are supposed to persist with very little change , whether anyone happens to observe them or not , and to pursue their own affairs and interact with each other , regardless of our presence and absence . ( iv ) ...
... Matter . Bits of Matter are supposed to persist with very little change , whether anyone happens to observe them or not , and to pursue their own affairs and interact with each other , regardless of our presence and absence . ( iv ) ...
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... Matter in the minds of many of its most esteemed metaphysical champions , though they themselves would not admit as much : for example , of Reid , Stewart , and Brown . For these three philosophers alleged that all mankind , including ...
... Matter in the minds of many of its most esteemed metaphysical champions , though they themselves would not admit as much : for example , of Reid , Stewart , and Brown . For these three philosophers alleged that all mankind , including ...
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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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