Physical Realism: Being an Analytical Philosophy from the Physical Objects of Science to the Physical Data of Sense |
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... conclusions , very far removed as they are from the original data of observation and experiment , are at all inconsistent with the sensations , perceptions , observations , or experiences which ordinary men have , and from which the ...
... conclusions , very far removed as they are from the original data of observation and experiment , are at all inconsistent with the sensations , perceptions , observations , or experiences which ordinary men have , and from which the ...
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... conclusion that imperceptible motions of imperceptible things not only exist but cause our sensations . In other words , secondary qualities as existing in nature are insensible primary qualities which are causes of secondary qualities ...
... conclusion that imperceptible motions of imperceptible things not only exist but cause our sensations . In other words , secondary qualities as existing in nature are insensible primary qualities which are causes of secondary qualities ...
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... conclude this chapter by quoting , from Sir John Herschel's Discourse on Natural Philosophy , ' a passage which is ... conclusions , which , as it seems to me , cannot be explained by any theory of reality except realism , or the theory ...
... conclude this chapter by quoting , from Sir John Herschel's Discourse on Natural Philosophy , ' a passage which is ... conclusions , which , as it seems to me , cannot be explained by any theory of reality except realism , or the theory ...
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... conclusions of people in their waking senses ? They are , nevertheless , conclusions to which any one may most certainly arrive , who will only be at the trouble of examining the chain of reasoning by which they have been deduced ; but ...
... conclusions of people in their waking senses ? They are , nevertheless , conclusions to which any one may most certainly arrive , who will only be at the trouble of examining the chain of reasoning by which they have been deduced ; but ...
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... the similar , therefore the physical can be inferred only from the physical . This conclusion , however , places me in a dilemma . Science shows me that the object of sense is internal CHAP . II . 23 IDEALISM AND REALISM.
... the similar , therefore the physical can be inferred only from the physical . This conclusion , however , places me in a dilemma . Science shows me that the object of sense is internal CHAP . II . 23 IDEALISM AND REALISM.
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