Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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... discover any of its causes or effects . Adam , though his rational faculties be sup- posed , at the very first , entirely perfect , could not have inferred from the fluidity and transparency of water that it would suffocate him , or ...
... discover any of its causes or effects . Adam , though his rational faculties be sup- posed , at the very first , entirely perfect , could not have inferred from the fluidity and transparency of water that it would suffocate him , or ...
Page 378
... discover the reason why no philosopher , who is rational and modest , has ever pretended to assign the ultimate cause of any natural operation , or to show distinctly the action of that power , which produces any single effect in the ...
... discover the reason why no philosopher , who is rational and modest , has ever pretended to assign the ultimate cause of any natural operation , or to show distinctly the action of that power , which produces any single effect in the ...
Page 407
... discover how it is related to other similar processes . In short , we inquire into the mechanism of perception . We deal with factors , processes , and quantities sup- posed to be known or ascertainable . Stimulus , medium , and or- gan ...
... discover how it is related to other similar processes . In short , we inquire into the mechanism of perception . We deal with factors , processes , and quantities sup- posed to be known or ascertainable . Stimulus , medium , and or- gan ...
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