The Problems of Philosophy: Introductory ReadingsWilliam P. Alston, Richard B. Brandt |
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... statements are like these utter- ances in not asserting facts . Only , because of their grammatical form , it is easily supposed that they state facts . ( Other statements are like them in this respect : " The faculty will wear academic ...
... statements are like these utter- ances in not asserting facts . Only , because of their grammatical form , it is easily supposed that they state facts . ( Other statements are like them in this respect : " The faculty will wear academic ...
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... statements referring to events and processes which are in some sense private or internal to the individual of whom ... statements about sensations and mental images are reducible to or analysable into statements about brain processes ...
... statements referring to events and processes which are in some sense private or internal to the individual of whom ... statements about sensations and mental images are reducible to or analysable into statements about brain processes ...
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... statements expressing everything that the thing statement is ordinarily used to express . — But is it true that such statements as " That is a tree " and " This thing is red " entail any statements referring solely to appearances to ...
... statements expressing everything that the thing statement is ordinarily used to express . — But is it true that such statements as " That is a tree " and " This thing is red " entail any statements referring solely to appearances to ...
Contents
The Inconceivability of Gods Nonexistence | 1 |
From Nature to | 2 |
A Critique of the Argument from Design | 3 |
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