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... external reality is the anticipation " of a given effect to a given antecedent " ... " Between " the world and mind there is no comparison , the things " are not homogeneous ' .... " - and so in other cases . But perhaps I had better ...
... external reality is the anticipation " of a given effect to a given antecedent " ... " Between " the world and mind there is no comparison , the things " are not homogeneous ' .... " - and so in other cases . But perhaps I had better ...
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... external " and material world . So often as I open my eyes I have the " sensation of light ( the exceptions are not material to the illus- " tration ) . I thereupon associate this sensation with this action , and I expect in all future ...
... external " and material world . So often as I open my eyes I have the " sensation of light ( the exceptions are not material to the illus- " tration ) . I thereupon associate this sensation with this action , and I expect in all future ...
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... external and independent world as a " generalization or abstraction grounded on our particular expe- riences , summing up the past , and predicting the future , we " have got into the way of maintaining the abstraction to be an ...
... external and independent world as a " generalization or abstraction grounded on our particular expe- riences , summing up the past , and predicting the future , we " have got into the way of maintaining the abstraction to be an ...
Page xliv
... external world , but we , corporeally , that vanish - and yet all this occurs in the middle of a sys- tem giving an occount of our bodies , our organs , our senses , & c . I will not dwell upon this : so far from mentioning it as any ...
... external world , but we , corporeally , that vanish - and yet all this occurs in the middle of a sys- tem giving an occount of our bodies , our organs , our senses , & c . I will not dwell upon this : so far from mentioning it as any ...
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... external world . What is not true for all of these , so far as they can be brought into comparison , is not phenomenally true at all . So far as what any one sensive power presents to us as true cannot , in any of its circumstances ...
... external world . What is not true for all of these , so far as they can be brought into comparison , is not phenomenally true at all . So far as what any one sensive power presents to us as true cannot , in any of its circumstances ...
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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.