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... self - evidently true . It will rather be that by virtue of its innateness and imprinting we are ' in sympathy ' with it and find it ' natural ' . This explanation of the connexion between innateness and obviousness is merely implicit ...
... self - evidently true . It will rather be that by virtue of its innateness and imprinting we are ' in sympathy ' with it and find it ' natural ' . This explanation of the connexion between innateness and obviousness is merely implicit ...
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... self - evident truths . It was given , specific- ally , in connexion with a small class of self - evident truths which were spoken of as ' maxims ' , ' axioms ' , ' principles ' . An example Locke gives is ' That it is impossible for ...
... self - evident truths . It was given , specific- ally , in connexion with a small class of self - evident truths which were spoken of as ' maxims ' , ' axioms ' , ' principles ' . An example Locke gives is ' That it is impossible for ...
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... self - evidence , one which did not rely on the postulation of innateness . What he says about intuition fulfills that promise . According to his alternative view a prop- osition will be self - evident when the ideas in it are such that ...
... self - evidence , one which did not rely on the postulation of innateness . What he says about intuition fulfills that promise . According to his alternative view a prop- osition will be self - evident when the ideas in it are such that ...
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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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