Philosophical Works, Volume 2Cambridge Press, 1968 - Philosophy |
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Page 87
... false idea . But , you rejoin , its falsity consists in the very fact that it is not the idea of cold . Nay , it is your judgment that is false , if you deem it to be the idea of cold ; but it , itself , is in itself most true ...
... false idea . But , you rejoin , its falsity consists in the very fact that it is not the idea of cold . Nay , it is your judgment that is false , if you deem it to be the idea of cold ; but it , itself , is in itself most true ...
Page 106
... false , in so far as they furnish those who employ them with false judgments . Though indeed ideas that give the judgment little or no occasion for error cannot , it seems , be said with equal reason to be materi- ally false as those ...
... false , in so far as they furnish those who employ them with false judgments . Though indeed ideas that give the judgment little or no occasion for error cannot , it seems , be said with equal reason to be materi- ally false as those ...
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... FALSE . You ask me first whether that law for investigating the truth is valid2 ; that everything in which there is the minimum of dubiety is to be treated as though it were false . If I am to reply , I must first put several questions ...
... FALSE . You ask me first whether that law for investigating the truth is valid2 ; that everything in which there is the minimum of dubiety is to be treated as though it were false . If I am to reply , I must first put several questions ...
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