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... hand he certainly does not think that we know that gold dissolves in sulphuric acid . We have knowledge only when we perceive a necessary connexion between our ideas , and there is no necessary connexion visible between our idea of gold ...
... hand he certainly does not think that we know that gold dissolves in sulphuric acid . We have knowledge only when we perceive a necessary connexion between our ideas , and there is no necessary connexion visible between our idea of gold ...
Page 173
... hand to another ? A ball can exist independently of a hand which happens to hold it . Conse- quently one can talk in a straightforward way of the same ball being now in the one hand , now the other Body and Mind 173.
... hand to another ? A ball can exist independently of a hand which happens to hold it . Conse- quently one can talk in a straightforward way of the same ball being now in the one hand , now the other Body and Mind 173.
Page 174
... hand to another . But if we say that motion is not literally but only metaphorically transferred we are allowing some basis for the figure of speech . Besides the fact that the truth of the matter is not entirely straightforward there ...
... hand to another . But if we say that motion is not literally but only metaphorically transferred we are allowing some basis for the figure of speech . Besides the fact that the truth of the matter is not entirely straightforward there ...
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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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