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The thesis “ Metaphysical statements are meaningless ” is more radical than the thesis “ Metaphysical statements are doubtable , or doubtful , or false . ” This is not itself metaphysics . It is a thesis about metaphysics .
The thesis “ Metaphysical statements are meaningless ” is more radical than the thesis “ Metaphysical statements are doubtable , or doubtful , or false . ” This is not itself metaphysics . It is a thesis about metaphysics .
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Give him any statement from metaphysics and he puts it to the question : Is it empirical or tautological ? Is its claim to be true directly or indirectly , supported or supportable by any fact of experience ?
Give him any statement from metaphysics and he puts it to the question : Is it empirical or tautological ? Is its claim to be true directly or indirectly , supported or supportable by any fact of experience ?
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Answers to questions like these are neither metaphysical truths nor metaphysical errors . ... Let it be understood that the business of metaphysics is to find out what absolute presuppositions have actually been made by various persons ...
Answers to questions like these are neither metaphysical truths nor metaphysical errors . ... Let it be understood that the business of metaphysics is to find out what absolute presuppositions have actually been made by various persons ...
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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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