An Introduction to Philosophical Inquiry: Contemporary and Classical SourcesJoseph Margolis |
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... Reality which it seeks to describe . Thought must always be " about " its objects ; to speak metaphorically , it is a transcription of the whole of Reality into a medium which is itself one aspect of Reality . We are bound to think of ...
... Reality which it seeks to describe . Thought must always be " about " its objects ; to speak metaphorically , it is a transcription of the whole of Reality into a medium which is itself one aspect of Reality . We are bound to think of ...
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... reality of something . The realist asserts the reality of the external world , the idealist denies it . The realist - usually at least - asserts also the reality of other minds , the solipsist — an especially radical idealist — denies ...
... reality of something . The realist asserts the reality of the external world , the idealist denies it . The realist - usually at least - asserts also the reality of other minds , the solipsist — an especially radical idealist — denies ...
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... reality or the existence of kangaroos we can deduce perceptual state- ments , from the assertion of the reality of the physical world this is not possible ; neither is it possible from the opposite assertion of the unreality of the ...
... reality or the existence of kangaroos we can deduce perceptual state- ments , from the assertion of the reality of the physical world this is not possible ; neither is it possible from the opposite assertion of the unreality of the ...
Contents
PHILOSOPHICAL PERPLEXITY | 33 |
INTRODUCTION | 44 |
Religious Disputes | 99 |
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