Physical Realism: Being an Analytical Philosophy from the Physical Objects of Science to the Physical Data of Sense |
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... known reality of the insensible physical world ; and no psychological theory of human knowledge can be accepted as even a probable hypothesis , unless it explains how these scientific objects of human know- ledge are B 2 СНАР PAGE THE ...
... known reality of the insensible physical world ; and no psychological theory of human knowledge can be accepted as even a probable hypothesis , unless it explains how these scientific objects of human know- ledge are B 2 СНАР PAGE THE ...
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... known from the original data of sense . The distinction between the sensible and the scien- tific , the apparent and the real , the perceptible and the imperceptible , is not only a scientific fact but has be- come a commonplace in ...
... known from the original data of sense . The distinction between the sensible and the scien- tific , the apparent and the real , the perceptible and the imperceptible , is not only a scientific fact but has be- come a commonplace in ...
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... known to be real attributes of particles themselves latent . He , then , who will venture to assert , as mental philosophers often do assert , that the attributes which we ascribe to things are simply the phænomena or the sensations ...
... known to be real attributes of particles themselves latent . He , then , who will venture to assert , as mental philosophers often do assert , that the attributes which we ascribe to things are simply the phænomena or the sensations ...
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... known to science . There is a thing real and known which is not a sensible phænomenon , because such things as imperceptible particles are known really to exist , though they are incapable of becoming sensible . CHAP . I. 7 THE PHYSICAL ...
... known to science . There is a thing real and known which is not a sensible phænomenon , because such things as imperceptible particles are known really to exist , though they are incapable of becoming sensible . CHAP . I. 7 THE PHYSICAL ...
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... known really to take place , although they are not capable of becoming sensible . Finally , these real things by these real attributes are real and known causes of human sensa- tions because the imperceptible motions of the imper ...
... known really to take place , although they are not capable of becoming sensible . Finally , these real things by these real attributes are real and known causes of human sensa- tions because the imperceptible motions of the imper ...
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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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