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... metaphysics . It is a thesis about metaphysics . Let us refer to it as anti - metaphysics . The anti- metaphysician does not have doubts in metaphysics . He has doubts about metaphysics . Biographical Note . Alfred Jules Ayer was born ...
... metaphysics . It is a thesis about metaphysics . Let us refer to it as anti - metaphysics . The anti- metaphysician does not have doubts in metaphysics . He has doubts about metaphysics . Biographical Note . Alfred Jules Ayer was born ...
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... metaphysics . 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 ... metaphysics . A Metaphysical Problem 159.
... metaphysics . 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 ... metaphysics . A Metaphysical Problem 159.
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... METAPHYSICS IS AN HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION All metaphysical questions are historical questions , and all metaphysical propositions are historical propositions . Metaphysics is the attempt to find out what absolute presuppositions have ...
... METAPHYSICS IS AN HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION All metaphysical questions are historical questions , and all metaphysical propositions are historical propositions . Metaphysics is the attempt to find out what absolute presuppositions have ...
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AN INTRODUCTION | 2 |
A Metaphysical Problem | 90 |
An Epistemological Problem | 169 |
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