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... merely practical development . It stood also in need of intellectual defences . Not merely science but also the idea of science was at issue . ' Today science is so securely entrenched that the intellectual concept upon which it is ...
... merely practical development . It stood also in need of intellectual defences . Not merely science but also the idea of science was at issue . ' Today science is so securely entrenched that the intellectual concept upon which it is ...
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... merely nominal [ Burgersdijck 2.3 ; Spencer 184 f . ] . A nominal defini- tion gives us a superficial description of the things to which a word applies . To say that men live in houses and wear clothes or that universities are places ...
... merely nominal [ Burgersdijck 2.3 ; Spencer 184 f . ] . A nominal defini- tion gives us a superficial description of the things to which a word applies . To say that men live in houses and wear clothes or that universities are places ...
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R. S. Woolhouse. with premisses which are merely probable in being about things which may have been otherwise , or about opinions which are merely ' generally accepted ' [ Topics 100a31 ] then all we can have is ' opinion ' or ' belief ...
R. S. Woolhouse. with premisses which are merely probable in being about things which may have been otherwise , or about opinions which are merely ' generally accepted ' [ Topics 100a31 ] then all we can have is ' opinion ' or ' belief ...
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Chapter 4 | 149 |
Bibliography of Books and Articles referred to more than once | 190 |
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