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... effect its complete transforma- tion . In scientific strictness , this is the only meaning of ' certainty ' or ' uncertainty ' with reference to know- ledge as such . But , as we have indicated , it is in the practical reference that ...
... effect its complete transforma- tion . In scientific strictness , this is the only meaning of ' certainty ' or ' uncertainty ' with reference to know- ledge as such . But , as we have indicated , it is in the practical reference that ...
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... effect divides the universe into two separate parts , related to one another only through occasional acts of causation , proceeding from the supernatural part , and interfering with the order of things in the natural part . Now there ...
... effect divides the universe into two separate parts , related to one another only through occasional acts of causation , proceeding from the supernatural part , and interfering with the order of things in the natural part . Now there ...
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... effect must follow . The law only ' comes into operation ' when the causes actually occur in the series of events in space and time . But it is conceivable that the causes might only occur once in a thousand or a million years ; then ...
... effect must follow . The law only ' comes into operation ' when the causes actually occur in the series of events in space and time . But it is conceivable that the causes might only occur once in a thousand or a million years ; then ...
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... effect E ; " and when we find that the observed facts a b c d are an individual case of A B C D , we so far ' understand ' them . The ideal of science is the attainment of as many such explanatory laws as possible , so that a world ...
... effect E ; " and when we find that the observed facts a b c d are an individual case of A B C D , we so far ' understand ' them . The ideal of science is the attainment of as many such explanatory laws as possible , so that a world ...
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... effect . This view may be expressed in Tyndall's words ( from the famous address to the British Asso- ciation ) ; if we are to understand what evolution really is , " we must radically revise our notions of matter , " and discern in it ...
... effect . This view may be expressed in Tyndall's words ( from the famous address to the British Asso- ciation ) ; if we are to understand what evolution really is , " we must radically revise our notions of matter , " and discern in it ...
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