An Introduction to Philosophical Inquiry: Contemporary and Classical SourcesJoseph Margolis |
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... causal freedom such as is commonly alleged to be a condition of moral responsibility . A natural desire to ' save ' moral responsibility issues , logically enough , in attempts to formulate its conditions in a manner compatible with ...
... causal freedom such as is commonly alleged to be a condition of moral responsibility . A natural desire to ' save ' moral responsibility issues , logically enough , in attempts to formulate its conditions in a manner compatible with ...
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... causal connection than we are of any causal law governing the case ; does this show that Hume was wrong in claiming that singular causal statements entail laws ? Not neces- sarily , for Hume's claim , as quoted above , is ambiguous . It ...
... causal connection than we are of any causal law governing the case ; does this show that Hume was wrong in claiming that singular causal statements entail laws ? Not neces- sarily , for Hume's claim , as quoted above , is ambiguous . It ...
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... causal , though they are not incompatible with a causal account of the facts they formulate . Indeed , the above statistical law about the behavior of a cube can be deduced from laws that are sometimes said to be causal ones , if ...
... causal , though they are not incompatible with a causal account of the facts they formulate . Indeed , the above statistical law about the behavior of a cube can be deduced from laws that are sometimes said to be causal ones , if ...
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PHILOSOPHICAL PERPLEXITY | 33 |
INTRODUCTION | 44 |
Religious Disputes | 99 |
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A. J. Ayer action analysis analytic answer argument ascribe assertion behaviour believe body called causal cause certainly character colour conceived concept consider definition denoting Descartes described distinction doubt effect empirical entity evidence evil example existence experience explanandum explanation expression fact false feel follows give given hand happen human Hylas idea identity implies inductive inference kind king of France knowledge language logical machine material thing mathematics matter meaning merely mind moral responsibility natural law necessary nominatum notion object observation occur P. F. Strawson pain particular perceived person Philonous philosophical phrase physical possible predicate pretending principle priori problem problem of evil proposition question reality reason reference regard relation Reply Obj seems sensations sense sense-data sentence someone sort soul speak statement suppose synonymy synthetic proposition theory thought Thrasymachus tion true truth Turing machine understand verified words