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... caused by opposition is likely to be the more native , sometimes that caused by acquiescence ; not of course mere acqui ... cause of truth in others . I have seen already so much reason , in anything which I have thought about these ...
... caused by opposition is likely to be the more native , sometimes that caused by acquiescence ; not of course mere acqui ... cause of truth in others . I have seen already so much reason , in anything which I have thought about these ...
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... cause , or origin of all those experiences " . 66 66 ( 6 Mr Bain's book is a book founded upon elaborate anatomical detail , expressing then , or trying to express , the facts of mind in language most concretely ( so to call it ) ...
... cause , or origin of all those experiences " . 66 66 ( 6 Mr Bain's book is a book founded upon elaborate anatomical detail , expressing then , or trying to express , the facts of mind in language most concretely ( so to call it ) ...
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... causes , or their purposes . I shall call then by the name of ' phenomenalism ' that notion of the various objects of knowledge which go to make up the universe which belongs to the point of view of physical science : and what I shall ...
... causes , or their purposes . I shall call then by the name of ' phenomenalism ' that notion of the various objects of knowledge which go to make up the universe which belongs to the point of view of physical science : and what I shall ...
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... cause and effect , continuous . It can follow the im- pression , and trace back the volitional action , to a certain degree inwards , and it is conceivable that it might be able to complete the chain , or follow the phenomenal process ...
... cause and effect , continuous . It can follow the im- pression , and trace back the volitional action , to a certain degree inwards , and it is conceivable that it might be able to complete the chain , or follow the phenomenal process ...
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... cause , as space stands in to matter unmoved and unchanging ; it is its continent : space always suggests to us the possible filling of it with matter , and time the possible filling of it with change : they are the vanishing points or ...
... cause , as space stands in to matter unmoved and unchanging ; it is its continent : space always suggests to us the possible filling of it with matter , and time the possible filling of it with change : they are the vanishing points or ...
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Page 228 - He knows that there is a mask of theory over the whole face of nature, if it be theory to infer more than we see. But other men unaware of this masquerade, hold it to be a fact that they see cubes and spheres, spacious apartments and winding avenues. And these things are facts to them, because they are unconscious of the mental operation by which they have penetrated nature's disguise.
Page 63 - Because existence is not cognizable, absolutely and in itself, but only in special modes ; 2°, Because these modes can be known only if they stand in a certain relation to our faculties ; and 3°, Because the modes thus relative to our faculties are presented to, and known by, the mind only under modifications determined by these faculties themselves.