Physical Realism: Being an Analytical Philosophy from the Physical Objects of Science to the Physical Data of Sense |
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... natural philosopher gives even greater reality to the imperceptible than to the perceptible . The astronomer not only ... nature at work ; to recognise the insensible as real , yes , and more real , than the sensible . Sense is not ...
... natural philosopher gives even greater reality to the imperceptible than to the perceptible . The astronomer not only ... nature at work ; to recognise the insensible as real , yes , and more real , than the sensible . Sense is not ...
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... natural philosophy un- hesitatingly accepts the 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 ...
... natural philosophy un- hesitatingly accepts the 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 ...
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... nature contains infinitely more things in themselves than it contains phænomena ; and man , as a natural philosopher , knows things in themselves which are not phænomena , when he knows imperceptible particles ; knows not merely the ...
... nature contains infinitely more things in themselves than it contains phænomena ; and man , as a natural philosopher , knows things in themselves which are not phænomena , when he knows imperceptible particles ; knows not merely the ...
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... natural and the invisible are not identical : there is a natural yet invisible world . Between the extremes of visible nature and the invisible supernatural world there is an invisible nature , distinct from both ; a world which is ...
... natural and the invisible are not identical : there is a natural yet invisible world . Between the extremes of visible nature and the invisible supernatural world there is an invisible nature , distinct from both ; a world which is ...
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... nature , we can hardly hope for a know- ledge of an insensible world beyond nature ; and that , on the other hand , reasoning from sense to nature encourages reasoning from nature to God . Natural philosophy is the first step beyond ...
... nature , we can hardly hope for a know- ledge of an insensible world beyond nature ; and that , on the other hand , reasoning from sense to nature encourages reasoning from nature to God . Natural philosophy is the first step beyond ...
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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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