The Works of John Locke, Volume 3Thomas Tegg, 1823 - Philosophy |
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... ground from revelation , and several other reasons , to believe with assurance that there are such creatures : but , our senses not being able to discover them , we want the means of knowing their particular existences . For we can no ...
... ground from revelation , and several other reasons , to believe with assurance that there are such creatures : but , our senses not being able to discover them , we want the means of knowing their particular existences . For we can no ...
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... grounds of probabi- lity , and assent or faith . §3 . Probability is likeliness to be true , the very notation of the word signifying such a proposition , for which there be ar- guments or proofs to make it pass or be received for true ...
... grounds of probabi- lity , and assent or faith . §3 . Probability is likeliness to be true , the very notation of the word signifying such a proposition , for which there be ar- guments or proofs to make it pass or be received for true ...
Page 98
... grounds of probabi- lity are two ; conformity with our own expe- rience , or the testi- mony of others ' ex- perience . § 4. Probability , then , being to supply the defect of our knowledge , and to guide us where that fails , is always ...
... grounds of probabi- lity are two ; conformity with our own expe- rience , or the testi- mony of others ' ex- perience . § 4. Probability , then , being to supply the defect of our knowledge , and to guide us where that fails , is always ...
Page 99
... grounds of probability on one side or the other . For example : If I myself see a man walk on the ice , it is past pro- bability , it is knowledge ; but if another tells me he saw a man in England , in the midst of a sharp winter , walk ...
... grounds of probability on one side or the other . For example : If I myself see a man walk on the ice , it is past pro- bability , it is knowledge ; but if another tells me he saw a man in England , in the midst of a sharp winter , walk ...
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... ground of assent I shall have occasion to speak more at large in another place . Our assent ought to be regulated by the grounds of proba- bility . CHAPTER XVI . Of the Degrees of Assent . § 1. THE grounds of probability we have laid ...
... ground of assent I shall have occasion to speak more at large in another place . Our assent ought to be regulated by the grounds of proba- bility . CHAPTER XVI . Of the Degrees of Assent . § 1. THE grounds of probability we have laid ...
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