The Nature of Metaphysical ThinkingMacmillan & Company Limited, 1945 - 238 pages |
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... fact of perception is therefore for ever ineffable . " I think that this view underestimates the powers of analysis . It is undeniable that our every - day interpretations of perceptive experiences , and even all our every - day words ...
... fact of perception is therefore for ever ineffable . " I think that this view underestimates the powers of analysis . It is undeniable that our every - day interpretations of perceptive experiences , and even all our every - day words ...
Page 55
... fact that symbols are arranged in relation to other symbols in an order of " before and after " tempts us to think of the relation of implication between them in spatialized terms . An example of an analogical use of the concept of ...
... fact that symbols are arranged in relation to other symbols in an order of " before and after " tempts us to think of the relation of implication between them in spatialized terms . An example of an analogical use of the concept of ...
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... facts . ( Such a special fact might be the number of inhabitants in Great Britain at the present time . ) But if any prima facie special fact turns out to follow from the fundamental theory of the system , it must be regarded as part of ...
... facts . ( Such a special fact might be the number of inhabitants in Great Britain at the present time . ) But if any prima facie special fact turns out to follow from the fundamental theory of the system , it must be regarded as part of ...
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A. N. WHITEHEAD absolute abstract awareness becomes called Cassirer categorical proposition character claim co-ordinated coherence concepts concerned concrete universal conscious constructions Cosmological Argument depends Descartes described developed distinction drawn elements empirical ence existence express fact faith forms of thought function Gestalt Gestalt theory Hegel Hence human idealism idealist ideas intellectual interpretation intrinsic nature judgments of importance kind knowledge logical mathematical matter mean merely metaphysical analogies metaphysical theory mind mode models naïve realism natural theology neo-orthodox notion objects organism pattern percipient activity perspective phenomenal phenomenalist philosophy physical feelings physiological possible prehension presuppositions principle Professor Professor Price propositions question realissimum reality relation relationship religion religious symbolism response revelation scientific scientific models seek sensations sense data sense perception sensory significant spirit structure suggest symbolic forms theologian things Thomist Thomist philosophy tion total assertion tradition transcendent truth universe Whitehead whole word