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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... qualities which they who make the distinction term secondary ? Hyl . What ! is it not an easy matter , to consider extension and motion by themselves , abstracted from all other sensible qualities ? Pray how do the mathematicians treat ...
... qualities which they who make the distinction term secondary ? Hyl . What ! is it not an easy matter , to consider extension and motion by themselves , abstracted from all other sensible qualities ? Pray how do the mathematicians treat ...
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... qualities , are without any further application of force against the primary too . Besides , if you will trust your senses , is it not plain all sensible qualities co - exist , or to them appear as being in the same place ? Do they ever ...
... qualities , are without any further application of force against the primary too . Besides , if you will trust your senses , is it not plain all sensible qualities co - exist , or to them appear as being in the same place ? Do they ever ...
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... qualities or accidents should really exist , without conceiving at the same time a material support of them . Hyl . I did . Phil . That is to say , when you conceive the real existence of qualities , you do withal conceive something ...
... qualities or accidents should really exist , without conceiving at the same time a material support of them . Hyl . I did . Phil . That is to say , when you conceive the real existence of qualities , you do withal conceive something ...
Contents
PART II | 93 |
PART III | 149 |
Negative Existentials Richard Cartwright | 163 |
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