Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Catholic Philosophical Association, Volumes 59-60Catholic University of America., 1985 - Philosophy List of members in Proceedings of 2nd- annual meeting. |
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... claims . when Jagger states that " not- all persons must be male or female " and when she asserts that calling someone a person is not making an empirical claim but ascribing a moral status , i.e. , saying someone has rights and ...
... claims . when Jagger states that " not- all persons must be male or female " and when she asserts that calling someone a person is not making an empirical claim but ascribing a moral status , i.e. , saying someone has rights and ...
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... claim . What of Jagger's claim that not all humans are persons . After all , even though we were to admit that not all persons are humans , it does not follow from that admission that not all humans are persons . And it is the denial of ...
... claim . What of Jagger's claim that not all humans are persons . After all , even though we were to admit that not all persons are humans , it does not follow from that admission that not all humans are persons . And it is the denial of ...
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... claim that there are large plates in relative motion . Geologists would , I think , say that we have very good grounds for believing this claim to be true . Calling a theory " approximately true , " then , would be a way of saying that ...
... claim that there are large plates in relative motion . Geologists would , I think , say that we have very good grounds for believing this claim to be true . Calling a theory " approximately true , " then , would be a way of saying that ...
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Beyond Realism | 2 |
PLENARY SESSION | 19 |
Twentyninth Award of the Aquinas Medal | 35 |
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