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... SENSATION , INTELLIGENCE , AND WILL . 34 CHAPTER IV . FERRIER'S INSTITUTES OF METAPHYSIC 53 CHAPTER V. SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON'S LECTURES ON METAPHYSICS 8 CHAPTER VI . THE SCALE OF SENSATION OR KNOWLEDGE 106 CHAPTER VII . SIR WILLIAM ...
... SENSATION , INTELLIGENCE , AND WILL . 34 CHAPTER IV . FERRIER'S INSTITUTES OF METAPHYSIC 53 CHAPTER V. SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON'S LECTURES ON METAPHYSICS 8 CHAPTER VI . THE SCALE OF SENSATION OR KNOWLEDGE 106 CHAPTER VII . SIR WILLIAM ...
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... 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 time that the action will lead to " the sensation . Other persons tell ...
... 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 time that the action will lead to " the sensation . Other persons tell ...
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... sensation ' . What we call sensation is something intervening , on this supposition , between us the subject and the universe the object , of knowledge , and supplying the means by which they are brought together . We perceive things ...
... sensation ' . What we call sensation is something intervening , on this supposition , between us the subject and the universe the object , of knowledge , and supplying the means by which they are brought together . We perceive things ...
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... sensation , as e.g. what we call affections of the brain , optic nerve , & c .; and this is the real phenomenal fact upon which our consciousness and our knowledge of the universe depend . What I have called pheno- menalism is such a ...
... sensation , as e.g. what we call affections of the brain , optic nerve , & c .; and this is the real phenomenal fact upon which our consciousness and our knowledge of the universe depend . What I have called pheno- menalism is such a ...
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... sensation , or take one step towards it . The physiologist may tell the man what takes place in his nerves and brain ... sensation , which is a feeling , but the communication between natural agents or portions of outward nature and the ...
... sensation , or take one step towards it . The physiologist may tell the man what takes place in his nerves and brain ... sensation , which is a feeling , but the communication between natural agents or portions of outward nature and the ...
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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.