Reason and Responsibility: Readings in Some Basic Problems of PhilosophyJoel Feinberg, Russ Shafer-Landau The Tenth Edition of this leading, topically-organized anthology provides a superb balance of historical selections and recent material. The text covers reason and religious belief; human knowledge; mind and its place in nature; determinism; free will and responsibility; and morality and justice in five parts, with careful attention to opposing points of view. |
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Page 174
... knowledge depends alone on the knowledge of the true God , in so much that , before I knew Him , I could not have a perfect knowledge of any other thing . And now that I know Him I have the means of acquiring a perfect knowledge of an ...
... knowledge depends alone on the knowledge of the true God , in so much that , before I knew Him , I could not have a perfect knowledge of any other thing . And now that I know Him I have the means of acquiring a perfect knowledge of an ...
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... KNOWLEDGE OF THE EXISTENCE OF OTHER THINGS 1. The knowledge of our own being we have by intuition . The existence of a God , reason clearly makes known to us , as has been shown . The knowledge of the existence of any other thing we can ...
... KNOWLEDGE OF THE EXISTENCE OF OTHER THINGS 1. The knowledge of our own being we have by intuition . The existence of a God , reason clearly makes known to us , as has been shown . The knowledge of the existence of any other thing we can ...
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... knowledge beyond the content of our immediate observations . " Now this philosopher does not reject scientific knowledge ; he simply claims that prediction of the future is no part of the business of science . Accord- ingly , the ...
... knowledge beyond the content of our immediate observations . " Now this philosopher does not reject scientific knowledge ; he simply claims that prediction of the future is no part of the business of science . Accord- ingly , the ...
Contents
The Existence and Nature of | 6 |
Rebellion from The Brothers Karamazov | 84 |
Pascals Wager Defended | 118 |
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