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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... matter infinite , as Epicurus did , let us suppose it finite . A finite number of particles is only suscep- tible of finite transpositions ; and it must happen , in an eternal duration , that every possible order or po- sition must be ...
... matter infinite , as Epicurus did , let us suppose it finite . A finite number of particles is only suscep- tible of finite transpositions ; and it must happen , in an eternal duration , that every possible order or po- sition must be ...
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... matter in the world ; neither can I conceive , if there be matter , how it should produce any idea in our minds . And I do further grant you have entirely satisfied me that it is impossible there should be such a thing as matter in any ...
... matter in the world ; neither can I conceive , if there be matter , how it should produce any idea in our minds . And I do further grant you have entirely satisfied me that it is impossible there should be such a thing as matter in any ...
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... matter . " Phil . But is it not the only proper genuine re- ceived sense ? And if matter in such a sense be proved impossible , may it not be thought with good grounds absolutely impossible ? Else how could anything be proved impossible ...
... matter . " Phil . But is it not the only proper genuine re- ceived sense ? And if matter in such a sense be proved impossible , may it not be thought with good grounds absolutely impossible ? Else how could anything be proved impossible ...
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The Existence and Nature of | 6 |
Rebellion from The Brothers Karamazov | 84 |
Pascals Wager Defended | 118 |
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