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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... motions of things ; and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire , to the effecting of all things possible . ' " 1 The value of theory and belief is in the end the same . Both are forms of knowledge , and knowledge furnishes the ...
... motions of things ; and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire , to the effecting of all things possible . ' " 1 The value of theory and belief is in the end the same . Both are forms of knowledge , and knowledge furnishes the ...
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... of the Although , as Descartes himself Belief which he motion of the earth . 1 1596-1650 . afterwards affirmed , this doctrine was essential to his whole 16 PRESENT PHILOSOPHICAL TENDENCIES Descartes's Reconciliation of Theory and Belief.
... of the Although , as Descartes himself Belief which he motion of the earth . 1 1596-1650 . afterwards affirmed , this doctrine was essential to his whole 16 PRESENT PHILOSOPHICAL TENDENCIES Descartes's Reconciliation of Theory and Belief.
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... motion as " the transporting of one part of matter or of one body from the vicinity of those bodies that are in immediate contact with it , or which we regard as at rest , to the vicinity of other bodies . " Now , according to the ...
... motion as " the transporting of one part of matter or of one body from the vicinity of those bodies that are in immediate contact with it , or which we regard as at rest , to the vicinity of other bodies . " Now , according to the ...
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... motion . Hence the movement which emanated from Bacon employed the method of observation rather than the method of mathe- matical deduction . Locke , to whom the movement owed its ascendancy in the eighteenth century , was associated ...
... motion . Hence the movement which emanated from Bacon employed the method of observation rather than the method of mathe- matical deduction . Locke , to whom the movement owed its ascendancy in the eighteenth century , was associated ...
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... motion , or change of property . And when life becomes less preoccupied with its own preservation and more largely engaged in constructive enterprises , it is on its control of its bodily environment that it mainly relies both for ...
... motion , or change of property . And when life becomes less preoccupied with its own preservation and more largely engaged in constructive enterprises , it is on its control of its bodily environment that it mainly relies both for ...
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