Wisdom of the West: A Historical Survey of Western Philosophy in Its Social and Political SettingPopular survey of Western thought from the ancient Greeks to modern Existentialists, with many illustrations and diagrams in full color. |
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... Hume accepts the basic principle of Locke's theory of sensation , and on this view has no difficulty in criticising ... Hume's arguments are based on a number of general assumptions that run through his entire theory of knowledge . He ...
... Hume accepts the basic principle of Locke's theory of sensation , and on this view has no difficulty in criticising ... Hume's arguments are based on a number of general assumptions that run through his entire theory of knowledge . He ...
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... Hume at length , his own elegance of style is excuse enough . Besides , there is really no better and clearer way of putting the matter than Hume's own . This circumstance has on the whole set a valuable precedent for philosophic ...
... Hume at length , his own elegance of style is excuse enough . Besides , there is really no better and clearer way of putting the matter than Hume's own . This circumstance has on the whole set a valuable precedent for philosophic ...
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... Hume then gives a psychological account of how the relation of causality is arrived at from experience . The ... Hume's treatment is not altogether consistent , since earlier on we saw that association itself is said to arise from ...
... Hume then gives a psychological account of how the relation of causality is arrived at from experience . The ... Hume's treatment is not altogether consistent , since earlier on we saw that association itself is said to arise from ...
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