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... ON METAPHYSICS 8 CHAPTER VI . THE SCALE OF SENSATION OR KNOWLEDGE 106 CHAPTER VII . SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON - CONSCIOUSNESS OF MATTER 125 CHAPTER VIII . LOGIC - MR MILL 146 MILL'S LOGIC - CONTINUED PAGE CHAPTER IX . . 176.
... ON METAPHYSICS 8 CHAPTER VI . THE SCALE OF SENSATION OR KNOWLEDGE 106 CHAPTER VII . SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON - CONSCIOUSNESS OF MATTER 125 CHAPTER VIII . LOGIC - MR MILL 146 MILL'S LOGIC - CONTINUED PAGE CHAPTER IX . . 176.
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... logical terms . We get from this what we may call a philosophy of ' notions ' , and knowledge , instead of bringing ... logical creations are for a temporary purpose only , and that the greatest care must be taken not to realize them ...
... logical terms . We get from this what we may call a philosophy of ' notions ' , and knowledge , instead of bringing ... logical creations are for a temporary purpose only , and that the greatest care must be taken not to realize them ...
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... logic , in which we are neither on the one side afraid of logical suppositions and abstractions , nor on the other hand disposed to rest in them as if the right dealing with them was the knowledge , and they all the furniture our mind ...
... logic , in which we are neither on the one side afraid of logical suppositions and abstractions , nor on the other hand disposed to rest in them as if the right dealing with them was the knowledge , and they all the furniture our mind ...
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... logical perplexity , and we shall injure these studies themselves . Already it is evident that the study of human progress , or human developement , or civiliza- tion , is in a confusion most difficult to disentangle , on account of ...
... logical perplexity , and we shall injure these studies themselves . Already it is evident that the study of human progress , or human developement , or civiliza- tion , is in a confusion most difficult to disentangle , on account of ...
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... Logic , and having rather a logical and scholastic character throughout : that of Dr Whewell resting very much upon physics and physical history , with much less use of logical manner and language . If I had looked at the substance more ...
... Logic , and having rather a logical and scholastic character throughout : that of Dr Whewell resting very much upon physics and physical history , with much less use of logical manner and language . If I had looked at the substance more ...
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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.