The Problems of Philosophy: Introductory ReadingsWilliam P. Alston, Richard B. Brandt |
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... sort of thing , A , is a sign of the existence of some other sort of thing , B , either at the same time as A or at some earlier or later time , as , for example , thunder is a sign of the earlier existence of lightning . If this were ...
... sort of thing , A , is a sign of the existence of some other sort of thing , B , either at the same time as A or at some earlier or later time , as , for example , thunder is a sign of the earlier existence of lightning . If this were ...
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... sort B , and has never been found dissociated from a thing of the sort B , the greater the number of cases in which A and B have been associated , the greater is the probability that they will be associated in a fresh case in which one ...
... sort B , and has never been found dissociated from a thing of the sort B , the greater the number of cases in which A and B have been associated , the greater is the probability that they will be associated in a fresh case in which one ...
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... sort as those perceived , rather than of some wholly different sort . In making such an assumption we still follow the rule of continuity in our conjectures about that which we cannot directly experience . We do not postulate ...
... sort as those perceived , rather than of some wholly different sort . In making such an assumption we still follow the rule of continuity in our conjectures about that which we cannot directly experience . We do not postulate ...
Contents
The Inconceivability of Gods Nonexistence | 1 |
From Nature to | 2 |
A Critique of the Argument from Design | 3 |
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