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... Perhaps this sort of obligation is really a special case of a more general moral obligation ; or per- haps , on the other hand , it is sui generis . In any event , says the objector , there are such obliga- tions : to conform to them is ...
... Perhaps this sort of obligation is really a special case of a more general moral obligation ; or per- haps , on the other hand , it is sui generis . In any event , says the objector , there are such obliga- tions : to conform to them is ...
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... perhaps there are purely intellec- tual obligations of the following sorts . Perhaps I have a duty not to take as basic a proposition whose denial seems self - evident . Perhaps I have a duty to take as basic the proposition I seem to ...
... perhaps there are purely intellec- tual obligations of the following sorts . Perhaps I have a duty not to take as basic a proposition whose denial seems self - evident . Perhaps I have a duty to take as basic the proposition I seem to ...
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... Perhaps , then , he is to be understood as claim- ing that there is a prima facie intellectual duty not to believe ... Perhaps the objector thinks it is my prima facie duty to undertake whatever sort of regimen will at some time in the ...
... Perhaps , then , he is to be understood as claim- ing that there is a prima facie intellectual duty not to believe ... Perhaps the objector thinks it is my prima facie duty to undertake whatever sort of regimen will at some time in the ...
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Socratic Wisdom 2 Bertrand Russell The Value of Philosophy Suggestions for Further Reading Part II Philosophy of Religion Introduction Can we pr... | 1 |
A Critique of the Cosmological Argument | 2 |
The Watch and the Watchmaker | 3 |
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