The Nature of Metaphysical ThinkingMacmillan & Company Limited, 1945 - 238 pages |
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... probably turn out to be an illustrative analogy of a very special kind . There seem to be at least five senses in which it might be said that metaphysical theories are analogies . 66 1. There is first what I shall call the " deductive ...
... probably turn out to be an illustrative analogy of a very special kind . There seem to be at least five senses in which it might be said that metaphysical theories are analogies . 66 1. There is first what I shall call the " deductive ...
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... probably first goes . " Man's images of the transcendent are , therefore , from the first not merely literal , but analogical ; they are attempts to express a unique relationship in symbolic forms drawn from intra - mundane relations ...
... probably first goes . " Man's images of the transcendent are , therefore , from the first not merely literal , but analogical ; they are attempts to express a unique relationship in symbolic forms drawn from intra - mundane relations ...
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... Probably in the creative moment in which religious symbols are produced , this question is not explicitly raised . There is a state of conviction , issuing in the symbolic expression , controlled by a feeling of inevitability ; we are ...
... Probably in the creative moment in which religious symbols are produced , this question is not explicitly raised . There is a state of conviction , issuing in the symbolic expression , controlled by a feeling of inevitability ; we are ...
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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