On Truth: A Systematic InquiryKegan Paul, Trench & Company, 1889 - 580 pagini |
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Pagina 12
... force of some arguments . If we had no certain knowledge of self - evident general truths , advance in knowledge would be absolutely impossible , and we could not argue ; for if anything could be and not be at the same time , then ...
... force of some arguments . If we had no certain knowledge of self - evident general truths , advance in knowledge would be absolutely impossible , and we could not argue ; for if anything could be and not be at the same time , then ...
Pagina 30
... force in it may be made to memory's truthfulness . It may be said that our recollection as to anything whatever is less trustworthy than is our know- ledge of what we are actually experiencing at the moment . Now , it is of course true ...
... force in it may be made to memory's truthfulness . It may be said that our recollection as to anything whatever is less trustworthy than is our know- ledge of what we are actually experiencing at the moment . Now , it is of course true ...
Pagina 32
... our nervous system varies according to circumstances , and is always very slow compared with the transit of some physical forces , such as electricity , light , etc. In fact , without trusting memory we could never be 32 ON TRUTH .
... our nervous system varies according to circumstances , and is always very slow compared with the transit of some physical forces , such as electricity , light , etc. In fact , without trusting memory we could never be 32 ON TRUTH .
Pagina 34
... force in all cases , yet there are some past events of our lives which our present state of mind tells us we know with certainty . Some things we may know we have forgotten , other things we may not feel clear about , but as to some ...
... force in all cases , yet there are some past events of our lives which our present state of mind tells us we know with certainty . Some things we may know we have forgotten , other things we may not feel clear about , but as to some ...
Pagina 38
... force ” —An objection and its answer . WE have now advanced two distinct preliminary steps in our pursuit of truth ; for we have recognized the certainty of two fundamental , self - evident facts , namely , the facts of our own ...
... force ” —An objection and its answer . WE have now advanced two distinct preliminary steps in our pursuit of truth ; for we have recognized the certainty of two fundamental , self - evident facts , namely , the facts of our own ...
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absolutely abstract ideas action activity adverted affirm amongst animals apprehend assertion beauty believe bodily body called carbonic acid causation cause certainty changes chapter colour conception consciousness consentience consider course creatures Demy 8vo deny direct distinct Edition emotions evident existence experience express external fact felt Fuegians fundamental G. H. Lewes groups of feelings human humerus idealism idealists imagination immaterial inference inorganic instinct intel intelligence John Stuart Mill judgment kind knowledge known language law of contradiction less living material matter means mind moral motion natural selection nature never Nevertheless objects organs ourselves oxygen parenchyma perceive phenomena physical science pleasurable possess principle protoplasm qualities reason recognize reflection reflex reflex action relations rience scepticism seen self-evident sensations sensuous Small crown 8vo sounds spinal cord spontaneously substance supposed things thought tion tissue true truth ultimate uncon unconscious unconscious inference unity universe various words