The Way Things are: Basic Readings in MetaphysicsThis anthology of classic and contemporary readings addresses the major areas of metaphysical inquiry: personal identity and responsibility; free will and determinism; change and time; existence and non-existence; the mind-body problem; and causal determinism and free will. |
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Page 104
... perhaps he misses despite all his target practice , perhaps his nerve fails , perhaps he even feels a pang of unaccustomed mercy . His failures by no means proves that he was not really able to kill Grandfather . We often try and fail ...
... perhaps he misses despite all his target practice , perhaps his nerve fails , perhaps he even feels a pang of unaccustomed mercy . His failures by no means proves that he was not really able to kill Grandfather . We often try and fail ...
Page 107
... ( perhaps only implicitly ) that he will fail ; and there is the further fact that his belief is correct , and correct not at all by accident , and hence qualifies as an item of knowledge . It is only the latter fact that is not ...
... ( perhaps only implicitly ) that he will fail ; and there is the further fact that his belief is correct , and correct not at all by accident , and hence qualifies as an item of knowledge . It is only the latter fact that is not ...
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... Perhaps they are also neural , or perhaps they are abstract constituents of veridically perceived sur- roundings , or perhaps they are something else , or nothing at all ; but that is another story . So I am not claiming that an ...
... Perhaps they are also neural , or perhaps they are abstract constituents of veridically perceived sur- roundings , or perhaps they are something else , or nothing at all ; but that is another story . So I am not claiming that an ...
Contents
2 | 51 |
Of Identity Thomas Reid | 70 |
Rigid Designation Hugh S Chandler | 76 |
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