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... Descartes was much impressed by the fact that of all the sciences ' Arithmetic and Geometry alone are free from any taint of falsity or uncertainty ' [ ( 1 ) 1.4 ] . He explained how knowledge is acquired in those sciences in terms of ...
... Descartes was much impressed by the fact that of all the sciences ' Arithmetic and Geometry alone are free from any taint of falsity or uncertainty ' [ ( 1 ) 1.4 ] . He explained how knowledge is acquired in those sciences in terms of ...
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... Descartes ' view will seem very im- plausible unless we realise that by ' thought ' he did not just mean deliberation or some strictly intellectual activity . He took thinking to include all forms of consciousness , anything that ...
... Descartes ' view will seem very im- plausible unless we realise that by ' thought ' he did not just mean deliberation or some strictly intellectual activity . He took thinking to include all forms of consciousness , anything that ...
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... Descartes ) that the soul does always think . Let us also suppose ( with Descartes and with Locke ) that thinking must be self - aware . It then follows that when , as in sleep , we are not aware of thinking we will have to ' make the ...
... Descartes ) that the soul does always think . Let us also suppose ( with Descartes and with Locke ) that thinking must be self - aware . It then follows that when , as in sleep , we are not aware of thinking we will have to ' make the ...
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Chapter 4 | 149 |
Bibliography of Books and Articles referred to more than once | 190 |
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