Present Philosophical Tendencies: A Critical Survey of Naturalism, Idealism, Pragmatism, and Realism Together with a Synopsis of the Philosophy of William James |
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... Action as the Feeling of Bodily Action 283 III . The Method of General Observation 286 7. The Alleged Impossibility of Observing the Contents of Another Mind . 286 § 8. The Difficulty of Observing Mental Content . The Case of Perception ...
... Action as the Feeling of Bodily Action 283 III . The Method of General Observation 286 7. The Alleged Impossibility of Observing the Contents of Another Mind . 286 § 8. The Difficulty of Observing Mental Content . The Case of Perception ...
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... Action and Theism § 11. The Dilemma of Determinism . § 12. Pluralism and Moralism IV . Conclusion INDEX . PAGE 363 366 369 369 370 371 373 375 379 PART I INTRODUCTION PRESENT PHILOSOPHICAL TENDENCIES CHAPTER I PHILOSOPHICAL THEORY ...
... Action and Theism § 11. The Dilemma of Determinism . § 12. Pluralism and Moralism IV . Conclusion INDEX . PAGE 363 366 369 369 370 371 373 375 379 PART I INTRODUCTION PRESENT PHILOSOPHICAL TENDENCIES CHAPTER I PHILOSOPHICAL THEORY ...
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... action is based on the steady and widespread acceptance , within a community , of certain general beliefs that are not immediately affected by the fluctuations of theory . And here also the applica- tion of theory must , except under ...
... action is based on the steady and widespread acceptance , within a community , of certain general beliefs that are not immediately affected by the fluctuations of theory . And here also the applica- tion of theory must , except under ...
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... action . But , as we shall now see , each of these forms of knowledge has also a specific value , through which this more funda- mental value is realized ; and these more specific values require not only a difference of procedure , but ...
... action . But , as we shall now see , each of these forms of knowledge has also a specific value , through which this more funda- mental value is realized ; and these more specific values require not only a difference of procedure , but ...
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... action ; and it is my purpose to show that the opposite state of mind , unbelief , or the lack of convictions favorable to action , may be induced by theory . Before theory can become belief it must be assimilated to a plan of life ; it ...
... action ; and it is my purpose to show that the opposite state of mind , unbelief , or the lack of convictions favorable to action , may be induced by theory . Before theory can become belief it must be assimilated to a plan of life ; it ...
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