The Nature of Metaphysical ThinkingMacmillan & Company Limited, 1945 - 238 pages |
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Page 10
... give up the naïvely realist conception that our ideas give us direct knowledge of things just as they are in themselves . It is perhaps equally natural to assume that our ideas are some- how duplicates of things , copying their ...
... give up the naïvely realist conception that our ideas give us direct knowledge of things just as they are in themselves . It is perhaps equally natural to assume that our ideas are some- how duplicates of things , copying their ...
Page 44
... give theoretic knowledge about the environment , as distinct from practical information as to how the organism should adjust itself ? Secondly , can we derive psychological sensations from physiological responses , or must we also ...
... give theoretic knowledge about the environment , as distinct from practical information as to how the organism should adjust itself ? Secondly , can we derive psychological sensations from physiological responses , or must we also ...
Page 142
... give his reasons for judging a poem or play good or bad . But the power of a poem or play to hold us , to arouse a conviction of inevitability , so that we say " Yes " to it , seems to be something more than the sum total of the reasons ...
... give his reasons for judging a poem or play good or bad . But the power of a poem or play to hold us , to arouse a conviction of inevitability , so that we say " Yes " to it , seems to be something more than the sum total of the reasons ...
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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