Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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... argument . All reasonings may be divided into two kinds , namely , demon- strative reasoning , or that concerning ... argument or abstract reasoning a priori . If we be , therefore , engaged by arguments to put trust in past experience ...
... argument . All reasonings may be divided into two kinds , namely , demon- strative reasoning , or that concerning ... argument or abstract reasoning a priori . If we be , therefore , engaged by arguments to put trust in past experience ...
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... arguments of this kind : ( 1 ) The cosmological argument , which affirms that the existence of nature demands a " first " cause , while this in turn is identified with God . In this argument one must determine whether the same demand ...
... arguments of this kind : ( 1 ) The cosmological argument , which affirms that the existence of nature demands a " first " cause , while this in turn is identified with God . In this argument one must determine whether the same demand ...
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... argument a posteriori , and by this argument alone , do we prove at once the existence of a Deity , and his similarity to human mind and intel- ligence . I shall be so free , Cleanthes , said Demea , as to tell you , that from the ...
... argument a posteriori , and by this argument alone , do we prove at once the existence of a Deity , and his similarity to human mind and intel- ligence . I shall be so free , Cleanthes , said Demea , as to tell you , that from the ...
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