Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Catholic Philosophical Association, Volumes 59-60Catholic University of America., 1985 - Philosophy List of members in Proceedings of 2nd- annual meeting. |
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... cause , the " some- thing " from which our inquiry begins is ordinarily better known to us than the cause we are to search for . It is from the effect that the effort of understanding ordinarily begins in natural science . So how can we ...
... cause , the " some- thing " from which our inquiry begins is ordinarily better known to us than the cause we are to search for . It is from the effect that the effort of understanding ordinarily begins in natural science . So how can we ...
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... cause to effect but from effect back to cause . We must be able to show not only how this cause could bring about this effect but also that this effect can only be brought about by this particular cause , that no other cause would ...
... cause to effect but from effect back to cause . We must be able to show not only how this cause could bring about this effect but also that this effect can only be brought about by this particular cause , that no other cause would ...
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... cause of the steadiness of planetary light . Nonetheless , even this planetary example does carry some conviction as ... cause . Our difficulty with demonstration in natural science can , therefore , be expressed in two different ways ...
... cause of the steadiness of planetary light . Nonetheless , even this planetary example does carry some conviction as ... cause . Our difficulty with demonstration in natural science can , therefore , be expressed in two different ways ...
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Beyond Realism | 2 |
PLENARY SESSION | 19 |
Twentyninth Award of the Aquinas Medal | 35 |
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