Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volume 2James Eastburn, 1818 - Psychology |
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... rience and Analogy . - Of the grounds afforded by the lat- ter for Scientific Inference and Conjecture , II . Use and Abuse of Hypotheses in Philosophical Inqui- ries . - Difference between Gratuitous Hypotheses , and those which are ...
... rience and Analogy . - Of the grounds afforded by the lat- ter for Scientific Inference and Conjecture , II . Use and Abuse of Hypotheses in Philosophical Inqui- ries . - Difference between Gratuitous Hypotheses , and those which are ...
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... rience we learn that space is infinite ? or , ( to express myself in more unexceptionable terms , ) that no limits can be as- signed to its immensity ? Here is a fact , extending not only beyond the reach of our personal observation ...
... rience we learn that space is infinite ? or , ( to express myself in more unexceptionable terms , ) that no limits can be as- signed to its immensity ? Here is a fact , extending not only beyond the reach of our personal observation ...
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... rience ; and the powers of observation and memory would be subservient only to the gratification of an idle curiosity . In consequence of those uniform laws by which the succes- sion of events is actually regulated , every fact ...
... rience ; and the powers of observation and memory would be subservient only to the gratification of an idle curiosity . In consequence of those uniform laws by which the succes- sion of events is actually regulated , every fact ...
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... rience shews , that they are somehow or other mutually ad- justed , so as to produce a certain degree of uniformity in the result ; and this uniformity is the more complete , the greater is the number of circumstances combined . What ...
... rience shews , that they are somehow or other mutually ad- justed , so as to produce a certain degree of uniformity in the result ; and this uniformity is the more complete , the greater is the number of circumstances combined . What ...
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... rience is our sole guide , and knowledge is to be acquired only by ascending from particulars to generals ; whereas the syllogism leads us invariably from universals to particulars , the truth of which , instead of being a consequence ...
... rience is our sole guide , and knowledge is to be acquired only by ascending from particulars to generals ; whereas the syllogism leads us invariably from universals to particulars , the truth of which , instead of being a consequence ...
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