Personality: The Beginning and End of Metaphysics and a Necessary Assumption in All Positive PhilosophyW. Blackwood and Sons, 1883 - 130 pages |
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... nature . " At all events , if introspection is an impossibility , knowledge is also an impossibility . 66 Investigating states of consciousness by intro- spection merely means attending to their presenta- tions or representations . If ...
... nature . " At all events , if introspection is an impossibility , knowledge is also an impossibility . 66 Investigating states of consciousness by intro- spection merely means attending to their presenta- tions or representations . If ...
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... nature . It understands , by the laws of mind , those of mental phenomena . Sen- sations , having for their immediate antecedents states of the body , fall under physiology ; ( though , as we shall hereafter see , the commonest ...
... nature . It understands , by the laws of mind , those of mental phenomena . Sen- sations , having for their immediate antecedents states of the body , fall under physiology ; ( though , as we shall hereafter see , the commonest ...
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... nature and human nature to which we can apply the ordinary scientific methods of ob- servation , experiment , and generalisation.1 Meta- physics is concerned with the one and the per- manent , as opposed to the many and the tran- sitory ...
... nature and human nature to which we can apply the ordinary scientific methods of ob- servation , experiment , and generalisation.1 Meta- physics is concerned with the one and the per- manent , as opposed to the many and the tran- sitory ...
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... nature and of human nature , and it endeavours to inter- pret and account for the many and the transitory by means of the one and the permanent . It aims at solving , or at any rate throwing light upon , the mystery of the universe , by ...
... nature and of human nature , and it endeavours to inter- pret and account for the many and the transitory by means of the one and the permanent . It aims at solving , or at any rate throwing light upon , the mystery of the universe , by ...
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... nature being thus but a graduated con- version of matter into form , an eternal passing of the primeval substance into higher and higher ideal combinations . Surely this , as a foundation for a metaphysical explanation of the universe ...
... nature being thus but a graduated con- version of matter into form , an eternal passing of the primeval substance into higher and higher ideal combinations . Surely this , as a foundation for a metaphysical explanation of the universe ...
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