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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... Common Sense 4. The Properties of Bodies § 5. Explanation and Description in Science PAGE 46 48 51 53 § 6. Conditions of Scientific Description . 54 § 7. Illustrations of Scientific Method . Galileo's Conception of Acceleration . § 8 ...
... Common Sense 4. The Properties of Bodies § 5. Explanation and Description in Science PAGE 46 48 51 53 § 6. Conditions of Scientific Description . 54 § 7. Illustrations of Scientific Method . Galileo's Conception of Acceleration . § 8 ...
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... common philosophical beliefs are similarly protected and rendered stable by their wide interpenetration with social interests , and by the authority of established religion . But the fact remains that a philo- sophical revolution is ...
... common philosophical beliefs are similarly protected and rendered stable by their wide interpenetration with social interests , and by the authority of established religion . But the fact remains that a philo- sophical revolution is ...
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... common confusion between The Difference unbelief and contrary belief . The term ' belief ' is at any historical moment almost invariably used to denote the established belief , that is , the belief supported by authority or by the ...
... common confusion between The Difference unbelief and contrary belief . The term ' belief ' is at any historical moment almost invariably used to denote the established belief , that is , the belief supported by authority or by the ...
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... common sense , of technical skill , and of religious piety . Common sense consists of the manifold things that can be taken for granted for the purposes of everyday life . Common sense must be true to be useful ; but it would still not ...
... common sense , of technical skill , and of religious piety . Common sense consists of the manifold things that can be taken for granted for the purposes of everyday life . Common sense must be true to be useful ; but it would still not ...
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... common ground . The best partners , like the best friends , are those who can take the most for granted . That which is true of every lesser social enterprise is supremely true of politics and religion . The arm of society is the ...
... common ground . The best partners , like the best friends , are those who can take the most for granted . That which is true of every lesser social enterprise is supremely true of politics and religion . The arm of society is the ...
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