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... propositions like ' the square root of 2 is irrational ' or ' the angles of a plane triangle amount in total to 180 degrees ' we may be persuaded to accept as certain by a process of proof in which these propositions are shown to be the ...
... propositions like ' the square root of 2 is irrational ' or ' the angles of a plane triangle amount in total to 180 degrees ' we may be persuaded to accept as certain by a process of proof in which these propositions are shown to be the ...
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... propositions . Locke calls them ' trifling propositions ' . He distinguishes two types : ( i ) ' purely identical propositions ' in which a term is predicated of itself like ' red is red ' ; ( ii ) the second type is a proposition in ...
... propositions . Locke calls them ' trifling propositions ' . He distinguishes two types : ( i ) ' purely identical propositions ' in which a term is predicated of itself like ' red is red ' ; ( ii ) the second type is a proposition in ...
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... Propositions . The third sort of proposi- tion which Locke distinguishes may be called ' necessary factual propositions ' . Locke has no special name for them , though he sometimes refers to them as ' instructive ' . There are two ...
... Propositions . The third sort of proposi- tion which Locke distinguishes may be called ' necessary factual propositions ' . Locke has no special name for them , though he sometimes refers to them as ' instructive ' . There are two ...
Contents
Introduction | 4 |
The Aim and Method of Lockes Theory of Knowledge | 23 |
Ideas and Experience | 41 |
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