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Page 154
... statements and , indeed , we rarely consider them unless we are talking philosophy and are trying to find examples of statements which are indubitably true . There are other more interesting statements like ' there is a God ' and ...
... statements and , indeed , we rarely consider them unless we are talking philosophy and are trying to find examples of statements which are indubitably true . There are other more interesting statements like ' there is a God ' and ...
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... statements established by immediate sensory observa- tion . Thus the overwhelmingly greater part of our knowledge is ... statements and that statements of contingent fact , even such apparently indubitable ones such as ' I am now writing ...
... statements established by immediate sensory observa- tion . Thus the overwhelmingly greater part of our knowledge is ... statements and that statements of contingent fact , even such apparently indubitable ones such as ' I am now writing ...
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... statements of a purely factual kind . These are established by observation or testimony in the manner common to all factual statements . They may be state- ments referring to particular political facts such as ' Athens was a democracy ...
... statements of a purely factual kind . These are established by observation or testimony in the manner common to all factual statements . They may be state- ments referring to particular political facts such as ' Athens was a democracy ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
The Aim and Method of Lockes Theory | 23 |
Ideas and Experience | 41 |
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