Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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... sense we understand only the immediate apprehension of self - evident first principles , which is one of its ... sense , it accepts them not because they are enunciated by common sense , or on the authority of common sense understood as ...
... sense we understand only the immediate apprehension of self - evident first principles , which is one of its ... sense , it accepts them not because they are enunciated by common sense , or on the authority of common sense understood as ...
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... sense yields to the mere opinions of popular belief , philoso- phy continues to extend indefinitely the domain of scientific certainty . Thus philosophy justifies and continues common sense , as , for instance , the art of poetry ...
... sense yields to the mere opinions of popular belief , philoso- phy continues to extend indefinitely the domain of scientific certainty . Thus philosophy justifies and continues common sense , as , for instance , the art of poetry ...
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... 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 sense ...
... 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 sense ...
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