Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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... common sense , conclusions of an implicit reasoning , are as well founded as the certainties of science . But their ... common sense possesses a knowledge whose mode is equally imperfect , because it is confused and implicit . Common ...
... common sense , conclusions of an implicit reasoning , are as well founded as the certainties of science . But their ... common sense possesses a knowledge whose mode is equally imperfect , because it is confused and implicit . Common ...
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... common sense , it accepts them not because they are enunciated by common sense , or on the authority of common sense understood as the universal consent or common instinct of mankind , but entirely and solely on the authority of the ...
... common sense , it accepts them not because they are enunciated by common sense , or on the authority of common sense understood as the universal consent or common instinct of mankind , but entirely and solely on the authority of the ...
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... common sense are valid , and science is untrue to itself if it rejects them . But the basis of philosophy is the natural witness of the intellect , not the authority of common sense . SCOTTISH SCHOOL Not only are the convictions of common ...
... common sense are valid , and science is untrue to itself if it rejects them . But the basis of philosophy is the natural witness of the intellect , not the authority of common sense . SCOTTISH SCHOOL Not only are the convictions of common ...
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