Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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Page 254
... conclusion also . It is true that we do gen- erally reason correctly by nature . But that is an accident ; the true conclusion would remain true if we had no impulse to accept it ; and the false one would remain false , though we could ...
... conclusion also . It is true that we do gen- erally reason correctly by nature . But that is an accident ; the true conclusion would remain true if we had no impulse to accept it ; and the false one would remain false , though we could ...
Page 381
... conclusion . But as the question is yet new , every reader may not trust so far to his own penetration , as to conclude , because an argument escapes his enquiry , that therefore it does not really exist . For this rea- son it may be ...
... conclusion . But as the question is yet new , every reader may not trust so far to his own penetration , as to conclude , because an argument escapes his enquiry , that therefore it does not really exist . For this rea- son it may be ...
Page 422
... conclusion stated in the preceding paragraph can not , however , fail to modify our attitude towards the problem of such continuity . To suppose that physiology and psychology give us no reliable information is preposterous . Yet the ...
... conclusion stated in the preceding paragraph can not , however , fail to modify our attitude towards the problem of such continuity . To suppose that physiology and psychology give us no reliable information is preposterous . Yet the ...
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