Physical Realism: Being an Analytical Philosophy from the Physical Objects of Science to the Physical Data of Sense |
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... effect in mental philo- sophy . Astronomy has long opposed the real to the apparent motions of celestial bodies ; and Sir Isaac Newton carried this contrast so far as to oppose abso- lute , true and mathematical , to relative , apparent ...
... effect in mental philo- sophy . Astronomy has long opposed the real to the apparent motions of celestial bodies ; and Sir Isaac Newton carried this contrast so far as to oppose abso- lute , true and mathematical , to relative , apparent ...
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... effect , no part of which can be represented by a sensible object . When , for example , the physicist declares that the medium called æther remains fixed in space , while each successive part of it undulates in consequence of the ...
... effect , no part of which can be represented by a sensible object . When , for example , the physicist declares that the medium called æther remains fixed in space , while each successive part of it undulates in consequence of the ...
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... effect of their remoteness , while among those very stars are some whose actual splendour exceeds by many hundred times that of the sun itself , although we may not deny the truth of the assertion , we cannot but feel the keenest ...
... effect of their remoteness , while among those very stars are some whose actual splendour exceeds by many hundred times that of the sun itself , although we may not deny the truth of the assertion , we cannot but feel the keenest ...
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... effect on the senses . I cannot believe that this whole fabric of insensible objects can be scientific , yet unknown . But it must be either physical or psychical . If the objects are psy- chical , they are either sensations or ideas ...
... effect on the senses . I cannot believe that this whole fabric of insensible objects can be scientific , yet unknown . But it must be either physical or psychical . If the objects are psy- chical , they are either sensations or ideas ...
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... effect in the nerves produced by the external cause , and apprehended by the operation of sensation . In particular , the operation and the object of sensation must not be confused , because the former may be psychical , the latter is ...
... effect in the nerves produced by the external cause , and apprehended by the operation of sensation . In particular , the operation and the object of sensation must not be confused , because the former may be psychical , the latter is ...
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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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