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... properties so that Locke's assertion that material things always have the primary qualities of bulk and figure is no more than an analytic triviality , exemplifying the ways in which these English terms are used . Thus Locke's doctrine ...
... properties so that Locke's assertion that material things always have the primary qualities of bulk and figure is no more than an analytic triviality , exemplifying the ways in which these English terms are used . Thus Locke's doctrine ...
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... properties to hypothetical entities like genes and electrons can all be explained by the fact that such hypothetical ... properties of things in the straightforward sense of the word ' property ' . If we observe an orange , for example ...
... properties to hypothetical entities like genes and electrons can all be explained by the fact that such hypothetical ... properties of things in the straightforward sense of the word ' property ' . If we observe an orange , for example ...
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... properties of the thing at all ; and that ' what is sweet , blue or warm in idea is but the certain bulk , figure and motion of the insensible parts in the bodies themselves which we call so ' ? 1 His argument for this position is as ...
... properties of the thing at all ; and that ' what is sweet , blue or warm in idea is but the certain bulk , figure and motion of the insensible parts in the bodies themselves which we call so ' ? 1 His argument for this position is as ...
Contents
Introduction | 4 |
The Aim and Method of Lockes Theory of Knowledge | 23 |
Ideas and Experience | 41 |
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