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... causal relations between substances are the expression of the powers making up their nature . His doctrine of power is one aspect of his general theory of causality . But he gives separate treatment to ' the most com- prehensive ...
... causal relations between substances are the expression of the powers making up their nature . His doctrine of power is one aspect of his general theory of causality . But he gives separate treatment to ' the most com- prehensive ...
Page 92
... causal condition of a certain movement and if we do not look too closely at the notion of ' volition ' , this will suffice for Locke's purpose . All he wants to show is that it is possible to have an immediate experience of the causal ...
... causal condition of a certain movement and if we do not look too closely at the notion of ' volition ' , this will suffice for Locke's purpose . All he wants to show is that it is possible to have an immediate experience of the causal ...
Page 93
... causal law . That this seems to us nowadays a cardinal notion in any discussion of causality is due to the success of natural scientists in mapping the universe according to systems of causal law . But in the seventeenth century ...
... causal law . That this seems to us nowadays a cardinal notion in any discussion of causality is due to the success of natural scientists in mapping the universe according to systems of causal law . But in the seventeenth century ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
The Aim and Method of Lockes Theory | 23 |
Ideas and Experience | 41 |
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