The Nature of Metaphysical ThinkingMacmillan & Company Limited, 1945 - 238 pages |
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... present state of the subject . We are , I believe , at the end of a period of metaphysical thinking ; and the proper method and scope of a new constructive movement of metaphysics , in relation to logic , science and religion , has yet ...
... present state of the subject . We are , I believe , at the end of a period of metaphysical thinking ; and the proper method and scope of a new constructive movement of metaphysics , in relation to logic , science and religion , has yet ...
Page 33
... present circumstances where it stands up amid a level waste , I cannot help seeing it , unless I deliberately shut my eyes or turn in the other direction . The conclusion we are tempted to draw is that in perception we are engaged in an ...
... present circumstances where it stands up amid a level waste , I cannot help seeing it , unless I deliberately shut my eyes or turn in the other direction . The conclusion we are tempted to draw is that in perception we are engaged in an ...
Page 97
... present what seems to be a completely impersonal body of thought ; and its concepts can present an impression of objectivity , as though they were in no way dependent on the nature of the human mind . This , we have seen , is not really ...
... present what seems to be a completely impersonal body of thought ; and its concepts can present an impression of objectivity , as though they were in no way dependent on the nature of the human mind . This , we have seen , is not really ...
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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