Physical Realism: Being an Analytical Philosophy from the Physical Objects of Science to the Physical Data of Sense |
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... consist of further insensible particles similar to the originals , but not at all represented by sensible data ; and that many other objects , such , for example , as the side of the moon always turned from the earth , are incapable of ...
... consist of further insensible particles similar to the originals , but not at all represented by sensible data ; and that many other objects , such , for example , as the side of the moon always turned from the earth , are incapable of ...
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... consists in the in- creasing adaptation of the nerves to sustain the effect under the action of the external object . On the other hand , by the relativity of knowledge it is generally meant that the sensible effect produced is a ...
... consists in the in- creasing adaptation of the nerves to sustain the effect under the action of the external object . On the other hand , by the relativity of knowledge it is generally meant that the sensible effect produced is a ...
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... consists , are beyond the reach of inferential perception , imperceptible . It is true that objects of science are similar to sensible objects , but they are not the same . They are objects of intellect which are inferred from sensible ...
... consists , are beyond the reach of inferential perception , imperceptible . It is true that objects of science are similar to sensible objects , but they are not the same . They are objects of intellect which are inferred from sensible ...
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... consists , is also a sensation . Yet this non - sequitur appears in the first few pages of most books of modern philosophy . The causes of the confusion of sensation with its object are to be found partly in the structure of modern ...
... consists , is also a sensation . Yet this non - sequitur appears in the first few pages of most books of modern philosophy . The causes of the confusion of sensation with its object are to be found partly in the structure of modern ...
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... consists in using the facts to test the hypothesis , and that in two ways . First , the facts must be explained by the hypothesis ; secondly , they must eliminate other explanations . Thus the hypothesis of an undulating æther , as the ...
... consists in using the facts to test the hypothesis , and that in two ways . First , the facts must be explained by the hypothesis ; secondly , they must eliminate other explanations . Thus the hypothesis of an undulating æther , as the ...
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æther analogy analytical judgments apprehend Aristotle association of ideas axiom Berkeley Berkeley's body colour conception conclusion confusion consciousness corpuscles Crown 8vo data of sense deduction Descartes distance distinct efferent nerves Essay evidence existence experience extended external object external world facts false Hence Hume Hume's hypothesis idealistic ideas of sensation imperceptible impressions induction infer insensible intuitive realism Kant known laws Leibnitz Locke Locke's logical matter mental philosophy mind motion natural philosophy nerves nervous system object of sense objects of knowledge objects of science operation optic optic nerve particles particular particular judgment perceive perception phænomena physical objects physical realism posteriori premises primary qualities principles produce prove psychical data psychical sensation reality reasoning relations retina says scientific secondary qualities Secondly self-evident sensible data sensible effect sensible heat sensible ideas sensible object similar soul substance supposed syllogism synthetic sense tangible things thinking subject thought tion truth vols whole
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Page 199 - There is, therefore, some cause of these ideas, whereon they depend and which produces and changes them. That this cause cannot be any quality or idea or combination of ideas is clear from the preceding section. It must therefore be a substance; but it has been shown that there is no corporeal or material substance: it remains, therefore, that the cause of ideas is an incorporeal, active substance or spirit.