Philosophy: Paradox and DiscoveryPHILOSOPHY: PARADOX AND DISCOVERY, 4/e presents philosophy as an immediate, vital, and challenging process of discovery. The text has been specifically designed to help students evaluate their beliefs on basic issues and to see philosophy as a process of discovering and examining the paradoxes inherent in those issues. The forty-one readings in PHILOSOPHY: PARADOX AND DISCOVERY are drawn from classic and contemporary sources. |
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... similar causes prove similar effects , and similar effects similar causes ; I shall not , at present , much dispute with you . But observe , I entreat you , with what extreme caution all just reasoners proceed in the transferring of ...
... similar causes prove similar effects , and similar effects similar causes ; I shall not , at present , much dispute with you . But observe , I entreat you , with what extreme caution all just reasoners proceed in the transferring of ...
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... Similar sensible qualities will always be conjoined with similar secret powers , he is not guilty of a tautology , nor are these propositions in any respect the same . You say that the one proposition is an inference from the other ...
... Similar sensible qualities will always be conjoined with similar secret powers , he is not guilty of a tautology , nor are these propositions in any respect the same . You say that the one proposition is an inference from the other ...
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... similar person to do similar things in similar circumstances . Since everyone has a self - interest and since the egoist is arguing that his actions are right simply because they are self - interested , it is intuitively plausible to ...
... similar person to do similar things in similar circumstances . Since everyone has a self - interest and since the egoist is arguing that his actions are right simply because they are self - interested , it is intuitively plausible to ...
Contents
The Paradoxes of Religion | 1 |
The Problem of Evil | 53 |
THE SOULBUILDING ARGUMENT | 65 |
Copyright | |
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