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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... true or false than to discuss with painstaking nicety the question of their attribution . Furthermore , I realize that I have given to the several tendencies which I have discussed the relative emphasis which is characteristic of Anglo ...
... true or false than to discuss with painstaking nicety the question of their attribution . Furthermore , I realize that I have given to the several tendencies which I have discussed the relative emphasis which is characteristic of Anglo ...
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... true of every lesser social enterprise is supremely true of politics and religion . The arm of society is the institution , and this owes its power to a wide - spread community of belief . The institution is the most delicate and ...
... true of every lesser social enterprise is supremely true of politics and religion . The arm of society is the institution , and this owes its power to a wide - spread community of belief . The institution is the most delicate and ...
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... true centre . Now let it be remembered that this image of nature was vividly present to the common mind , portrayed in every form of art , repeatedly implied in the postures of religious observance , and daily represented in common ...
... true centre . Now let it be remembered that this image of nature was vividly present to the common mind , portrayed in every form of art , repeatedly implied in the postures of religious observance , and daily represented in common ...
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... true to the standards of exact research and at the same time avoid disturbing the public peace . And so he proposed to regard his scientific conclusions as " hypothetical , " meaning that they were abstracted from belief . He thought ...
... true to the standards of exact research and at the same time avoid disturbing the public peace . And so he proposed to regard his scientific conclusions as " hypothetical , " meaning that they were abstracted from belief . He thought ...
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... true , of the stuff of which martyrs are made ; but he was nevertheless a man of more than average courage , and of eminent intellectual honesty . The explanation lies elsewhere . He did not pander to his age for purposes of private ...
... true , of the stuff of which martyrs are made ; but he was nevertheless a man of more than average courage , and of eminent intellectual honesty . The explanation lies elsewhere . He did not pander to his age for purposes of private ...
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