Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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... suppose that values can be truly determined by the mere fact of liking seems to leave us in an incredible position . All the serious perplexities of life come back to the genuine difficulty of forming a judgment as to the values of the ...
... suppose that values can be truly determined by the mere fact of liking seems to leave us in an incredible position . All the serious perplexities of life come back to the genuine difficulty of forming a judgment as to the values of the ...
Page 311
... Suppose that point to have any charac- ter ; suppose , for instance , it is blue . Now suppose we lay down the rule that every point within an inch of a blue point shall be painted blue . Obviously , the consequence will be that the ...
... Suppose that point to have any charac- ter ; suppose , for instance , it is blue . Now suppose we lay down the rule that every point within an inch of a blue point shall be painted blue . Obviously , the consequence will be that the ...
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... suppose Matter or corporeal substances ; since that is ac- knowledged to remain equally inexplicable with or without this .supposition . If therefore it were possible for bodies to exist with- out the mind , yet to hold they do so must ...
... suppose Matter or corporeal substances ; since that is ac- knowledged to remain equally inexplicable with or without this .supposition . If therefore it were possible for bodies to exist with- out the mind , yet to hold they do so must ...
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absolute action aesthetic Alcetas Archelaus Aristotle attain axioms beauty become believe body bourgeois bourgeoisie called cause Cleanthes common conception consequences desire Dewey divine doctrine doubt effect ence epistemology eral essence ethical evil existence experience external fact fallibilism feeling freedom G. P. Putnam's Sons happiness Hegel human idea ideal imagination individual intellectual interest intuition JOHN DEWEY judgment kind knowledge liberty living logical Marxist matter means ment merely metaphysical method mind moral nature never nomic notion object observation opinion particular passions perceive perception person philosophy physical Plato pleasure political Polus possible present principle problem proletariat qualities question rational reality reason regard relation religion religious scientific scientific method sense simple social society Socrates soul spirit suppose tariat Theism theology theory things thought Thrasymachus tion true truth understanding universal whole words