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... definition of that species . [ D ] efinition reveals essential nature ' [ 91al ] . Hence the definitions with which each science is prefaced pro- vide the means to acquire knowledge of the reasons or causes for certain facts . Which ...
... definition of that species . [ D ] efinition reveals essential nature ' [ 91al ] . Hence the definitions with which each science is prefaced pro- vide the means to acquire knowledge of the reasons or causes for certain facts . Which ...
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... definition gives us the means to arrive at a species ' properties . Indeed , facts about what are the properties of a given species are exactly the facts that a science , with its initial definitions , is meant to give us knowledge of ...
... definition gives us the means to arrive at a species ' properties . Indeed , facts about what are the properties of a given species are exactly the facts that a science , with its initial definitions , is meant to give us knowledge of ...
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... Definitions of the species under consideration are also required . In Book III , ' Of Words ' , Locke frequently attacks the idea of real definition that is involved here . What he says often takes the form of a claim that the essences ...
... Definitions of the species under consideration are also required . In Book III , ' Of Words ' , Locke frequently attacks the idea of real definition that is involved here . What he says often takes the form of a claim that the essences ...
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Chapter 2 | 53 |
Chapter 4 | 149 |
Bibliography of Books and Articles referred to more than once | 190 |
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accidental form accidents active power angles answer argument Aristotelian Aristotle body Book Boyle Boyle's Cartesian certainty clear colour complex idea concern corpuscles corpuscularian definition demonstration derived Descartes discussion distinction doctrine of innateness Essay example existence explain extent of knowledge fact Glanvill gold idea of active innate ideas intellectual intuitive intuitive knowledge John Locke Joseph Glanvill ledge Leibniz Locke says Locke's Malebranche malleability materials of knowledge matter means mechanical philosophy mind morality motion natural philosophy necessary connexion nominal essence objects obvious opinion particular passages perception Pierre Gassendi primary qualities principles privative causes properties propositions question real and nominal real essence reason refers rejection relation revelation Robert Boyle Royal Society scepticism Scholastic Scholasticism secondary qualities self-evident sensation sense seventeenth century simple ideas soul species Strasbourg cathedral Strasbourg-type clock substance-ideas substantial form suggestion supposed syllogism syllogistic things thought tion triangle truth understanding universal words