The Philosophy of Human Knowledge: Or a Treatise on Language. A Course of Lectures, Delivered at the Utica LyceumG. & C. Carvill, 1828 - 197 pàgines |
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Pàgina 7
... meaning by groping for the phenomena to which it was originally applied : -overlooking the most important characteristic of language , that every word possesses as many meanings , as it possesses applications to different phenomena ...
... meaning by groping for the phenomena to which it was originally applied : -overlooking the most important characteristic of language , that every word possesses as many meanings , as it possesses applications to different phenomena ...
Pàgina 9
... meaning , but it will be wholly unrevealed ; -what I saw , possessed the circum- ference of my arm , and the height of this table . Of the mistakes to which we are thus liable , I can ad- duce nothing more explanatory than the ...
... meaning , but it will be wholly unrevealed ; -what I saw , possessed the circum- ference of my arm , and the height of this table . Of the mistakes to which we are thus liable , I can ad- duce nothing more explanatory than the ...
Pàgina 10
... meaning to the heretofore unintelligi- ble sentences , we announce that the ancient author in- tended the modern signification , though probably nothing was further from his apprehension . This principle indu- ces us to attribute to ...
... meaning to the heretofore unintelligi- ble sentences , we announce that the ancient author in- tended the modern signification , though probably nothing was further from his apprehension . This principle indu- ces us to attribute to ...
Pàgina 25
... meaning , if you operate on the senses to whose phenomena the word refers . Delineate a circle , and write therein the figure 2 , and place without the figure 3 , he can immediately learn that the position of 2 is inter- nal , and the ...
... meaning , if you operate on the senses to whose phenomena the word refers . Delineate a circle , and write therein the figure 2 , and place without the figure 3 , he can immediately learn that the position of 2 is inter- nal , and the ...
Pàgina 37
... becomes weight minus weight . Again : take the word atom - what is it ? The name of a sight and a feel . I can teach you its meaning only by showing you , or -permitting you to feel , some Lec . 2. ] 37 OR , A TREATISE ON LANGUAGE .
... becomes weight minus weight . Again : take the word atom - what is it ? The name of a sight and a feel . I can teach you its meaning only by showing you , or -permitting you to feel , some Lec . 2. ] 37 OR , A TREATISE ON LANGUAGE .
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Pàgina 42 - But another man, who never took the pains to observe the demonstration, hearing a mathematician, a man of credit, affirm the three angles of a triangle to be equal to two right ones, assents to it, ie receives it for true.
Pàgina 118 - For, if the triangle ABC be applied to DEF, so that the point A may be on D, and the straight line AB upon DE ; the point B shall coincide with the point E...
Pàgina 187 - Our senses inform us of the color, weight, and consistency of bread, but neither sense nor reason can ever inform us of those qualities which fit it for the nourishment and support of the human body.
Pàgina 118 - ... shall be greater than the base of the other. Let ABC, DEF be two triangles, which have the two sides AB, AC, equal to the two DE, DF, each to each, viz.
Pàgina 119 - DF : but the point B coincides with the point E ; wherefore the base BC shall coincide with the base EF^ because the point B coinciding with E, and C with F, if the base BC does not coincide with the base EF, two straight lines would inclose a space, which is impossible».
Pàgina 73 - To express, shortly, what appears to me to be the only intelligible meaning of the three most important words in physics, immediate invariable antecedence, is power, — the immediate invariable antecedent, in any sequence, is a cause. — the immediate invariable consequent is the correlative effect.
Pàgina 114 - One design prevails throughout the whole. And this uniformity leads the mind to acknowledge one author ; because the conception of different authors, without any distinction of attributes or operations, serves only to give perplexity to the imagination, without bestowing any satisfaction on the understanding.
Pàgina 181 - A WHITE BEAR! Very well. Have I ever seen one? Might I ever have seen one? Am I ever to see one? Ought I ever to have seen one? Or can I ever see one? Would I had seen a white bear! (for how can I imagine it?) If I should see a white bear, what should I say?