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Having laid down the conditions which must be fulfilled by whatever is to be a significant proposition , we shall find that the propositions of metaphysics fail to satisfy the conditions and are therefore meaningless .
Having laid down the conditions which must be fulfilled by whatever is to be a significant proposition , we shall find that the propositions of metaphysics fail to satisfy the conditions and are therefore meaningless .
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that to give the meaning of a proposition is to give the conditions under which it would be true and those under which it would be false . I understand a proposition if I know what observations I must make in order to establish its ...
that to give the meaning of a proposition is to give the conditions under which it would be true and those under which it would be false . I understand a proposition if I know what observations I must make in order to establish its ...
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He is clear that when you formulate the principle of morality , the resulting proposition is neither empirical nor tautological . His conclusion is that it is not a proposition at all , but a pseudo - proposition ; that is to say ...
He is clear that when you formulate the principle of morality , the resulting proposition is neither empirical nor tautological . His conclusion is that it is not a proposition at all , but a pseudo - proposition ; that is to say ...
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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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