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... Boyle's two works . The characters in Boyle's dialogue discuss the question whether cold , the cause of a certain idea in our minds , is ' a positive quality , or a bare privation of heat ' [ 3.734 ] . They mention Cardan , ' Descartes ...
... Boyle's two works . The characters in Boyle's dialogue discuss the question whether cold , the cause of a certain idea in our minds , is ' a positive quality , or a bare privation of heat ' [ 3.734 ] . They mention Cardan , ' Descartes ...
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... Boyle's remarks . It shows itself in Locke's case in the claims that our ideas of secondary qualities are not the ' likeness of something existing without us ' , and that the ideas produced in us by these secondary qualities ' have no ...
... Boyle's remarks . It shows itself in Locke's case in the claims that our ideas of secondary qualities are not the ' likeness of something existing without us ' , and that the ideas produced in us by these secondary qualities ' have no ...
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... Boyle unsurprisingly aligns himself with the ancient atomists . He goes on to give a detailed account of the matter , an account of which what Locke says is a mere summary . When we remember Boyle's report that the Schools held colours ...
... Boyle unsurprisingly aligns himself with the ancient atomists . He goes on to give a detailed account of the matter , an account of which what Locke says is a mere summary . When we remember Boyle's report that the Schools held colours ...
Contents
Chapter 2 | 53 |
Chapter 4 | 149 |
Bibliography of Books and Articles referred to more than once | 190 |
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