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 22
... position , that figure , magnitude , distance , and ex- tension are not visible . They are invisible , because we restrict the names to the feels . It is the fecl figure , the feel distance , and the feel magnitude that are not visible ...
... position , that figure , magnitude , distance , and ex- tension are not visible . They are invisible , because we restrict the names to the feels . It is the fecl figure , the feel distance , and the feel magnitude that are not visible ...
Pàgina 23
... position , when announced correctly , means only that see- ing will not inform us of a feel . The puzzle is susceptible of another elucidation . What is the external universe ? A mass of existences . The table before me is one . But do ...
... position , when announced correctly , means only that see- ing will not inform us of a feel . The puzzle is susceptible of another elucidation . What is the external universe ? A mass of existences . The table before me is one . But do ...
Pàgina 24
... position of the speaker . " When we resolve the above information into sensible phenomena , it amounts to an intimation that hearing cannot inform us of a sight and a feel . The word position is a name of these , and the author intended ...
... position of the speaker . " When we resolve the above information into sensible phenomena , it amounts to an intimation that hearing cannot inform us of a sight and a feel . The word position is a name of these , and the author intended ...
Pàgina 25
... position is evident . It ex- emplifies , however , the sophistry to which we are liable , when we designate sensible ... position of 2 is inter- nal , and the position of 3 external : or place his hand in a tankard , and thereby teach ...
... position is evident . It ex- emplifies , however , the sophistry to which we are liable , when we designate sensible ... position of 2 is inter- nal , and the position of 3 external : or place his hand in a tankard , and thereby teach ...
Pàgina 26
... positions separately . What is sugar ? Usually the name of a sight , a feel , and a taste . If we restrict the word to ... position pur- ports . Let us consider , says Locke , the red and 26 [ Lec . 1 . THE PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE ;
... positions separately . What is sugar ? Usually the name of a sight , a feel , and a taste . If we restrict the word to ... position pur- ports . Let us consider , says Locke , the red and 26 [ Lec . 1 . THE PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE ;
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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?