The Problems of Philosophy: Introductory ReadingsWilliam P. Alston, Richard B. Brandt |
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... true just by reflection . We have , then , some premises to which we may appeal in support of our beliefs . But how may we use these to support beliefs not included among the premises ? The kind of reply to the sceptic which we are ...
... true just by reflection . We have , then , some premises to which we may appeal in support of our beliefs . But how may we use these to support beliefs not included among the premises ? The kind of reply to the sceptic which we are ...
Page 503
... true of actual space . Euclid's geometry , they would say , is true necessarily of all space . But most philosophers at the present time would not strongly dispute Mill's general view of geometry , to the effect that what is necessarily ...
... true of actual space . Euclid's geometry , they would say , is true necessarily of all space . But most philosophers at the present time would not strongly dispute Mill's general view of geometry , to the effect that what is necessarily ...
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... true . And he assumed , thirdly , that if phenomenal- ism is true then , even though we may be so confined , skepticism is false . But according to the theory of evidence I attempted to defend . . . there is no reason to accept the ...
... true . And he assumed , thirdly , that if phenomenal- ism is true then , even though we may be so confined , skepticism is false . But according to the theory of evidence I attempted to defend . . . there is no reason to accept the ...
Contents
The Inconceivability of Gods Nonexistence | 1 |
From Nature to | 2 |
A Critique of the Argument from Design | 3 |
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