The Science of ThoughtLongmans, Green, and Company, 1887 - 664 pages |
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... Philosophers in Germany , 144 . In France , 144. Difference between Mill and H. Spencer , 146. Kant's answers , 148. Schopenhauer on Kant's view of Causality , 149. Helmholtz on Causality , 150 • PAGES 127-151 CHAPTER IV . LANGUAGE THE ...
... Philosophers in Germany , 144 . In France , 144. Difference between Mill and H. Spencer , 146. Kant's answers , 148. Schopenhauer on Kant's view of Causality , 149. Helmholtz on Causality , 150 • PAGES 127-151 CHAPTER IV . LANGUAGE THE ...
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... Philosophers- Mansel , 267. Whence words as signs of ideas ? 268. How children learn words , 269 . How men formed words , 270. Every word was a general term , 270. Words impossible without concepts , 271. Roots express acts , 272 ...
... Philosophers- Mansel , 267. Whence words as signs of ideas ? 268. How children learn words , 269 . How men formed words , 270. Every word was a general term , 270. Words impossible without concepts , 271. Roots express acts , 272 ...
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... philosophers . But if we ourselves postulate sensa- tions as the causes of percepts , percepts as the causes of concepts , and concepts as the causes of names , it would seem a very natural conclusion that sensa- tions could exist ...
... philosophers . But if we ourselves postulate sensa- tions as the causes of percepts , percepts as the causes of concepts , and concepts as the causes of names , it would seem a very natural conclusion that sensa- tions could exist ...
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... philosophers who profess to explain what passes within our mind by comparing and contrasting it with what is supposed to pass in the mind of animals , who are said to have sensations , without concepts or names . The simple reason is ...
... philosophers who profess to explain what passes within our mind by comparing and contrasting it with what is supposed to pass in the mind of animals , who are said to have sensations , without concepts or names . The simple reason is ...
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... philosophers or to come to an understanding with them , I speak sometimes of the intellect of a dog or an elephant or an ape , I do not speak of real animals , but only of those conventional beings that owe their existence to the ...
... philosophers or to come to an understanding with them , I speak sometimes of the intellect of a dog or an elephant or an ape , I do not speak of real animals , but only of those conventional beings that owe their existence to the ...
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