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Page 79
... empirical premises to a metaphysical conclusion of this sort . Nor could he reply that this criticism is irrelevant on the ground that the argu- ment concerns not the existence of substance but merely the idea of substance . It is not ...
... empirical premises to a metaphysical conclusion of this sort . Nor could he reply that this criticism is irrelevant on the ground that the argu- ment concerns not the existence of substance but merely the idea of substance . It is not ...
Page 83
... empirical grounds for the substratum theory , he gave it a blow from which it never recovered . And largely on account of his criticism it has not been taken seriously by philosophers for many years.1 Never- theless , there is a problem ...
... empirical grounds for the substratum theory , he gave it a blow from which it never recovered . And largely on account of his criticism it has not been taken seriously by philosophers for many years.1 Never- theless , there is a problem ...
Page 218
... empirical outlook ' . In the work of Locke and his immediate successors , it took the form of showing that there can be no genuine objects of knowledge other than those which occur in experience or can be constructed out of what occurs ...
... empirical outlook ' . In the work of Locke and his immediate successors , it took the form of showing that there can be no genuine objects of knowledge other than those which occur in experience or can be constructed out of what occurs ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
The Aim and Method of Lockes Theory | 23 |
Ideas and Experience | 41 |
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