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... ABSOLUTE PRESUPPOSITIONS Absolute presuppositions are not verifiable . This does not mean that we should like to verify them but are not able to ; it means that the idea of veri- fication is an idea which does not apply to them ...
... ABSOLUTE PRESUPPOSITIONS Absolute presuppositions are not verifiable . This does not mean that we should like to verify them but are not able to ; it means that the idea of veri- fication is an idea which does not apply to them ...
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... absolute presuppositions or what absolute presuppositions he is making . Such analysis may in certain cases proceed in the following manner . If the inquirer can find a person to experiment upon who is well trained in a certain type of ...
... absolute presuppositions or what absolute presuppositions he is making . Such analysis may in certain cases proceed in the following manner . If the inquirer can find a person to experiment upon who is well trained in a certain type of ...
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... absolute presuppositions have actually been made by various persons at various times in doing various pieces of scientific thinking . METAPHYSICS IS AN HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION All metaphysical questions are historical questions , and ...
... absolute presuppositions have actually been made by various persons at various times in doing various pieces of scientific thinking . METAPHYSICS IS AN HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION All metaphysical questions are historical questions , and ...
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AN INTRODUCTION | 2 |
A Metaphysical Problem | 90 |
An Epistemological Problem | 169 |
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