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I was glad to learn that the mind of man ( himself the product of natural causes ) was a function of the brain subject like the rest of his body to the laws of cause and effect and that these laws were the same as those that governed ...
I was glad to learn that the mind of man ( himself the product of natural causes ) was a function of the brain subject like the rest of his body to the laws of cause and effect and that these laws were the same as those that governed ...
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cause people do not naturally talk to themselves out loud ; he may not telescope events , by which he was able to accelerate his action , but must cause them to occur as deliberately as in real life ; he must eschew accident and chance ...
cause people do not naturally talk to themselves out loud ; he may not telescope events , by which he was able to accelerate his action , but must cause them to occur as deliberately as in real life ; he must eschew accident and chance ...
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Hume long ago showed that there was no intrinsic connection between cause and effect which could be perceived by the mind ; and of late the Principle of Indeterminacy , by bringing to view certain events to which apparently no causes ...
Hume long ago showed that there was no intrinsic connection between cause and effect which could be perceived by the mind ; and of late the Principle of Indeterminacy , by bringing to view certain events to which apparently no causes ...
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| Title | THE SUMMING UP |
| Author | W. SOMER MAUGHAI |
| Published | 1938 |
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