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 159
... thought I perceived very clearly , although in truth I did not perceive it at all , to wit , that there were objects outside of me from which these ideas pro- ceeded , and to which they were entirely similar . And it was in this that I ...
... thought I perceived very clearly , although in truth I did not perceive it at all , to wit , that there were objects outside of me from which these ideas pro- ceeded , and to which they were entirely similar . And it was in this that I ...
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... thought that it is almost supper - time ; where does that occur ? The most sensible answer would be that it occurs wherever you are when you have that thought . If you are in the library when you have that thought , then the thought ...
... thought that it is almost supper - time ; where does that occur ? The most sensible answer would be that it occurs wherever you are when you have that thought . If you are in the library when you have that thought , then the thought ...
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... thought , " Here I am , suspended in a bubbling fluid , being stared at by my own eyes ?? " I tried to think this latter thought . I tried to project it into the tank , offering it hopefully to my brain , but I failed to carry off the ...
... thought , " Here I am , suspended in a bubbling fluid , being stared at by my own eyes ?? " I tried to think this latter thought . I tried to project it into the tank , offering it hopefully to my brain , but I failed to carry off the ...
Contents
The Existence and Nature of | 6 |
Rebellion from The Brothers Karamazov | 84 |
Pascals Wager Defended | 118 |
Copyright | |
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