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 ...
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... 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 ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
On the Improvement of the Understanding Benedict | 30 |
INTRODUCTION | 68 |
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