The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 1W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 131
... inference of design from its effects being a result neither of reasoning nor of experience . When the question is put , on what then is the inference grounded ? —the never - failing reply in a difficulty of this sort , and in which more ...
... inference of design from its effects being a result neither of reasoning nor of experience . When the question is put , on what then is the inference grounded ? —the never - failing reply in a difficulty of this sort , and in which more ...
Page 146
... inference that the arrangement should be obviously conducive to some end - to any end . From what the end par- ticularly is , we learn what the particular object was which the artist had in view - but for the pur- pose of warranting the ...
... inference that the arrangement should be obviously conducive to some end - to any end . From what the end par- ticularly is , we learn what the particular object was which the artist had in view - but for the pur- pose of warranting the ...
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... inference notwithstanding - and as much so as any inference from that which is seen , to that which is unseen . There is , in the first instance , cognizance taken of a fact - if not by the outward eye , yet as good , by the eye of ...
... inference notwithstanding - and as much so as any inference from that which is seen , to that which is unseen . There is , in the first instance , cognizance taken of a fact - if not by the outward eye , yet as good , by the eye of ...
Contents
PRELIMINARY VIEWS | 17 |
Of the Metaphysics which have been resorted | 99 |
MR HUMES OBJECTION TO THE A POSTERIORI | 121 |
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