Gateway to the Great Books: Philosophical essaysRobert Maynard Hutchins, Mortimer Jerome Adler Encyclopędia Britannica, 1963 - 644 pages Complements Great Books of the Western World; includes only short works and excerpts from longer works. |
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Page 97
... fact . There is no reflective thought . The danger of rain , on the contrary , presents itself to us as a genuine possi- bility — a fact of the same nature as the observed coolness . Put differently , we do not regard the cloud as ...
... fact . There is no reflective thought . The danger of rain , on the contrary , presents itself to us as a genuine possi- bility — a fact of the same nature as the observed coolness . Put differently , we do not regard the cloud as ...
Page 131
... fact , synthesis takes place wherever we grasp the bearing of facts on a conclusion or of a principle on facts . As analysis is emphasis , so synthesis is placing ; the one causes the emphasized fact or property to stand out as ...
... fact , synthesis takes place wherever we grasp the bearing of facts on a conclusion or of a principle on facts . As analysis is emphasis , so synthesis is placing ; the one causes the emphasized fact or property to stand out as ...
Page 155
... fact of observation ; it is a thought , an idea . The state of the room is a fact , certain , speaking for itself ; the presence of burglars is a possibility that may explain the facts . Moreover , the man has no special burglar in mind ...
... fact of observation ; it is a thought , an idea . The state of the room is a fact , certain , speaking for itself ; the presence of burglars is a possibility that may explain the facts . Moreover , the man has no special burglar in mind ...
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JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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