Physical Realism: Being an Analytical Philosophy from the Physical Objects of Science to the Physical Data of Sense |
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... distances through which the light of stars or nebulæ , though moving at the rate of about 186,000 miles per second , takes many years to travel ; or the size of the particles of water , whose number in a single drop may , as we have ...
... distances through which the light of stars or nebulæ , though moving at the rate of about 186,000 miles per second , takes many years to travel ; or the size of the particles of water , whose number in a single drop may , as we have ...
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... distances . The whole of modern science is based on the fact that there are numerous latent structures and latent processes which are known to be real attributes of particles themselves latent . He , then , who will venture to assert ...
... distances . The whole of modern science is based on the fact that there are numerous latent structures and latent processes which are known to be real attributes of particles themselves latent . He , then , who will venture to assert ...
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... distance , by any solid intermedium we are acquainted with , would require , not moments , but whole years . And when with pain and difficulty we have strained our imagination to conceive a distance so vast , a force so intense and ...
... distance , by any solid intermedium we are acquainted with , would require , not moments , but whole years . And when with pain and difficulty we have strained our imagination to conceive a distance so vast , a force so intense and ...
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... distance is imperfectly reproduced in sense , the secondary quality of aërial vibration is to some small extent represented in the sense of hearing . But , on the whole , there is a general similarity of the sensible to the external in ...
... distance is imperfectly reproduced in sense , the secondary quality of aërial vibration is to some small extent represented in the sense of hearing . But , on the whole , there is a general similarity of the sensible to the external in ...
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... distance of the sun from the earth , or of the size of the earth ; when , again , I reflect on my indirect perception of a fire , or the waves of the sea ; when , finally , I reflect on my sensation of the white object I see or the hot ...
... distance of the sun from the earth , or of the size of the earth ; when , again , I reflect on my indirect perception of a fire , or the waves of the sea ; when , finally , I reflect on my sensation of the white object I see or the hot ...
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æther analogy analytical judgments apprehend Aristotle axiom Berkeley body colour conception conclusion confusion consciousness corpuscles cosmothetic Crown 8vo data of sense deduction Descartes distance distinct Edition efferent nerves Essay evidence existence experience extended external object external world facts false Hence Hume Hume's hypothesis idealists imperceptible impressions induction infer insensible intuitive realism Kant known laws Leibnitz Locke Locke's logical matter mind motion natural philosophy natural theology nerves nervous system object of sense objects of knowledge objects of science operation optic optic nerve particles particular perceive perception phænomena physical objects physical realism posteriori premises primary qualities principles produce prove psychical data psychical sensation psychological idealism R. A. PROCTOR reality reasoning relations retina says scientific secondary qualities Secondly self-evident sensible data sensible effect sensible ideas sensible object similar simple soul substance supposed syllogism synthetic sense tangible theory things thinking subject thought tion Treatise truth visible vision vols whole Woodcuts
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