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... hypothesis to anything that may be proposed to our belief . And , just as electricians speak of live and dead wires , let us speak of an hypothesis as either live or dead . A live hypothesis is one which appeals as a real possibility to ...
... hypothesis to anything that may be proposed to our belief . And , just as electricians speak of live and dead wires , let us speak of an hypothesis as either live or dead . A live hypothesis is one which appeals as a real possibility to ...
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... hypothesis is a live hypothesis which may be true . We are now in possession of the essentials of James's position . We know what he means by a genuine option between rival hypotheses . We know the principle by which he would justify ...
... hypothesis is a live hypothesis which may be true . We are now in possession of the essentials of James's position . We know what he means by a genuine option between rival hypotheses . We know the principle by which he would justify ...
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... hypothesis has grounds . A certain se- quence of events occurs and a hypothesis is formulated to account for it — i.e . , on the strength of the hypothesis , when we make one such observation , we assume that we shall be able to make ...
... hypothesis has grounds . A certain se- quence of events occurs and a hypothesis is formulated to account for it — i.e . , on the strength of the hypothesis , when we make one such observation , we assume that we shall be able to make ...
Contents
AN INTRODUCTION | 2 |
A Metaphysical Problem | 90 |
An Epistemological Problem | 169 |
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