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... intuitively . " This suggests that generally an incorrigible proposition is one whose truth is known " intuitively . " In his early work , Rules for the Direction of the Mind , Descartes defines intuition as follows : “ . . . intuition ...
... intuitively . " This suggests that generally an incorrigible proposition is one whose truth is known " intuitively . " In his early work , Rules for the Direction of the Mind , Descartes defines intuition as follows : “ . . . intuition ...
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... intuition . This is the correct view , as I shall argue ; in line with it , intuition is a faculty by the proper exercise of which we have an immediate apprehension of the truth of certain propositions . Thus , I have an immediate ...
... intuition . This is the correct view , as I shall argue ; in line with it , intuition is a faculty by the proper exercise of which we have an immediate apprehension of the truth of certain propositions . Thus , I have an immediate ...
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... intuition that a certain contingent proposition is incorrigible for me even while I am not perceiving that p , then it is also possible that in my dream I have " a clear and distinct " intuition that a certain contingent proposition is ...
... intuition that a certain contingent proposition is incorrigible for me even while I am not perceiving that p , then it is also possible that in my dream I have " a clear and distinct " intuition that a certain contingent proposition is ...
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PRELIMINARY EXPLANATIONS ON THE NATURE | 3 |
THE ARGUMENT WITH CEPHALUS | 36 |
THE ARGUMENT WITH THRASYMACHUS | 46 |
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