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All our conclusions from experience proceed on the supposition that the future will resemble the past . To prove that the future will resemble the past , by arguing from experience , is evidently going in a circle , and taking that for ...
All our conclusions from experience proceed on the supposition that the future will resemble the past . To prove that the future will resemble the past , by arguing from experience , is evidently going in a circle , and taking that for ...
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If we say that some fact is known , or can be known , a priori , we mean that it is known or can be known in advance of experience of it . Thus , we might say , “ I don't know whether there are any triangles on the far side of the moon ...
If we say that some fact is known , or can be known , a priori , we mean that it is known or can be known in advance of experience of it . Thus , we might say , “ I don't know whether there are any triangles on the far side of the moon ...
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The second attempt to extend knowledge beyond experience , is to speculate on the nature of the whole of things , beyond what is given piecemeal in experience . The attempt to formulate a rational cosmology , that is , to extend the ...
The second attempt to extend knowledge beyond experience , is to speculate on the nature of the whole of things , beyond what is given piecemeal in experience . The attempt to formulate a rational cosmology , that is , to extend the ...
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Contents
AN INTRODUCTION | 2 |
The principles of natural theologyfrom St Thomas Aquinas | 9 |
The religious wagerfrom Blaise Pascal | 22 |
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| Title | An Introduction to Modern Philosophy in Seven Philosophical Problems |
| Author | Alburey Castell |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1963 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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