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... things Nature as mechan- ical or teleo- logical Theories of Kant and Bradley Theory of Hegel All reality. the question of the status , or standing , of material things , the kind of being they possess . It has been repeatedly suggested ...
... things Nature as mechan- ical or teleo- logical Theories of Kant and Bradley Theory of Hegel All reality. the question of the status , or standing , of material things , the kind of being they possess . It has been repeatedly suggested ...
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... things can be , and commonly are , stimulated to activity or kept in activity by other finite things , it does not follow that there might be finite things and nothing else . On the contrary , the finite necessarily points beyond itself ...
... things can be , and commonly are , stimulated to activity or kept in activity by other finite things , it does not follow that there might be finite things and nothing else . On the contrary , the finite necessarily points beyond itself ...
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... things is in terms of the anticipated consequences of one's actions upon these things in the world ; this anticipation also supplies the meaningfulness of thoughts . This is the basis of the " instrumental " view of thoughts - i.e ...
... things is in terms of the anticipated consequences of one's actions upon these things in the world ; this anticipation also supplies the meaningfulness of thoughts . This is the basis of the " instrumental " view of thoughts - i.e ...
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