The Nature of Metaphysical ThinkingMacmillan & Company Limited, 1945 - 238 pages |
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... whole in terms of some intra - mundane or intra - experiential relationship and use the conception uni- vocally ... whole . ' 66 On these counts , such metaphysical theories are not best described as probable hypotheses " concerning the ...
... whole in terms of some intra - mundane or intra - experiential relationship and use the conception uni- vocally ... whole . ' 66 On these counts , such metaphysical theories are not best described as probable hypotheses " concerning the ...
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... whole being , we say that we have faith in the object con- cerning which it is made . " Total " , therefore , can also be taken as referring to the fact that the judgment is an act of the whole man . I have said , following Professor ...
... whole being , we say that we have faith in the object con- cerning which it is made . " Total " , therefore , can also be taken as referring to the fact that the judgment is an act of the whole man . I have said , following Professor ...
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... whole to another , e.g. This figure can be seen as a goblet , or as two profiles facing one another . Which form we see depends on an act of mental decision , and we can switch from one to the other of the two alternatives . There are ...
... whole to another , e.g. This figure can be seen as a goblet , or as two profiles facing one another . Which form we see depends on an act of mental decision , and we can switch from one to the other of the two alternatives . There 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