The Science of ThoughtLongmans, Green, and Company, 1887 - 664 pages |
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Page vii
... a telling and popular book ought not to choose a subject which has had its day , and is not likely soon to rise again above the horizon . And not only are the subjects treated in this volume out of fashion , but the views advocated in.
... a telling and popular book ought not to choose a subject which has had its day , and is not likely soon to rise again above the horizon . And not only are the subjects treated in this volume out of fashion , but the views advocated in.
Page xii
... treat them as if they were , and leave the origin of their ethical and aesthetical con- cepts and names to be treated by others . To some it may seem indeed that the quality of self - consciousness need not be simply postulated , but ...
... treat them as if they were , and leave the origin of their ethical and aesthetical con- cepts and names to be treated by others . To some it may seem indeed that the quality of self - consciousness need not be simply postulated , but ...
Page 39
... treating of mental propositions , to make use of words . Most men , if not all , ' he says , ' in their thinking and reasoning within themselves , make use of words instead of ideas , at least when the subject of their meditation ...
... treating of mental propositions , to make use of words . Most men , if not all , ' he says , ' in their thinking and reasoning within themselves , make use of words instead of ideas , at least when the subject of their meditation ...
Page 41
... treated the same problems which these much despised scholastic philosophers had treated with a far more thorough appreciation of all their bearings . With regard to the problem of the true relation between language and reason , no ...
... treated the same problems which these much despised scholastic philosophers had treated with a far more thorough appreciation of all their bearings . With regard to the problem of the true relation between language and reason , no ...
Page 43
... treating of technical terms , he admits that without an expres- sion accurately corresponding to its concept , we cannot become quite intelligible either to ourselves or to others . But all this is very different from a clear perception ...
... treating of technical terms , he admits that without an expres- sion accurately corresponding to its concept , we cannot become quite intelligible either to ourselves or to others . But all this is very different from a clear perception ...
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abstract acts adjectives admit animal apodictic applied Aristotle Aryan Aryan languages attributes become beginning Berkeley called causality colour conceived concepts connotation consciousness Crown 8vo Darwin definition derived Descartes digger distinguish doubt Edition exist experience explain express fact genus German grammar Greek guage Herbert Spencer human mind Hume ideas imagine instance intellect intuition Kant Kant's KHAD knowledge language and thought Latin Leibniz likewise Logic matter meaning meant originally metaphor Mill Monon mortal nature never Noiré nominal nouns object origin of language Pânini perceived percepts philosophers phonetic possible predicate priori proposition R. A. PROCTOR reason roots Sanskrit Science of Language Science of Thought seems sensations sense sensuous singular sounds space speak species substance suffixes supposed syllogism synthetical proposition T. H. Green theory things tion true truth verb Woodcuts words YUDH
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