Physical Realism: Being an Analytical Philosophy from the Physical Objects of Science to the Physical Data of Sense |
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... spirit . Ancient philosophy rightly began with the object , but considered it too much as being , and too little as known . Consequently , it had a tendency to multiply entities without considering whether they are knowable . Hence the ...
... spirit . Ancient philosophy rightly began with the object , but considered it too much as being , and too little as known . Consequently , it had a tendency to multiply entities without considering whether they are knowable . Hence the ...
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... spirits moving in the nerves , nervous motion was supposed to be the simplest form of me- chanical motion by impact , as if the impression were pushed along to the brain , as a series of bricks knock one another over . Then it was ...
... spirits moving in the nerves , nervous motion was supposed to be the simplest form of me- chanical motion by impact , as if the impression were pushed along to the brain , as a series of bricks knock one another over . Then it was ...
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... spirits not vitally united to organised bodies . For sensation is properly the perception of a sensible object by a sensible species of it imprinted upon and received into the proper organ by which each sensitive faculty operates and ...
... spirits not vitally united to organised bodies . For sensation is properly the perception of a sensible object by a sensible species of it imprinted upon and received into the proper organ by which each sensitive faculty operates and ...
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... spirit , return to natural philosophy , in order to restore mental philosophy . Interitus rei arcetur per reductionem ejus ad principia . ' 1 Bacon , Nov. Org . i . 80 . H PART II . PSYCHOLOGICAL IDEALISM . ' Pessimum enim omnium CHAP ...
... spirit , return to natural philosophy , in order to restore mental philosophy . Interitus rei arcetur per reductionem ejus ad principia . ' 1 Bacon , Nov. Org . i . 80 . H PART II . PSYCHOLOGICAL IDEALISM . ' Pessimum enim omnium CHAP ...
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... Spirit : a cause unknown ; this would be Hume's inex- plicable something : another idea ; this would be Hegel's absolute idea . A logical idealism would further conclude that , so far from being known to be a physical part of myself ...
... Spirit : a cause unknown ; this would be Hume's inex- plicable something : another idea ; this would be Hegel's absolute idea . A logical idealism would further conclude that , so far from being known to be a physical part of myself ...
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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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