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... theory . Such are general mathematical and physical propositions ; such are psychological , theological , and other doctrines , creeds , and statements of opin- ion . Assent given to these is called by New- man " notional " assent . We ...
... theory . Such are general mathematical and physical propositions ; such are psychological , theological , and other doctrines , creeds , and statements of opin- ion . Assent given to these is called by New- man " notional " assent . We ...
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... theories of that day were beset with radical and fatal errors . Yet they led the way as Renan says , history shows us nothing analogous to the fact that we see at the end of the last century , " of theorists , men in no way concerned ...
... theories of that day were beset with radical and fatal errors . Yet they led the way as Renan says , history shows us nothing analogous to the fact that we see at the end of the last century , " of theorists , men in no way concerned ...
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... theories of the so - called Higher Critics . " The assumption seems to be that if those who are investigating the truth in any branch of inquiry disagree in their methods or conclusions , they are proved to be pursu- ing an illusion ...
... theories of the so - called Higher Critics . " The assumption seems to be that if those who are investigating the truth in any branch of inquiry disagree in their methods or conclusions , they are proved to be pursu- ing an illusion ...
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... theories -so that here one thing is upheld , there the opposite . It counts for nothing that this or that individual man gives up the effort , and despairs of real knowledge , fall- ing back on Scepticism or Credulity ; human Reason is ...
... theories -so that here one thing is upheld , there the opposite . It counts for nothing that this or that individual man gives up the effort , and despairs of real knowledge , fall- ing back on Scepticism or Credulity ; human Reason is ...
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... theory of belief in the University Sermons rests on a distinction between the implicit but real belief and its explicit intellectual interpretation : the latter must always be partly inadequate . We may examine the contrast between the ...
... theory of belief in the University Sermons rests on a distinction between the implicit but real belief and its explicit intellectual interpretation : the latter must always be partly inadequate . We may examine the contrast between the ...
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