ALL the objects of human reason or enquiry may naturally be divided into two kinds, to wit. Relations of Ideas, and Matters of Fact. Of the first kind are the sciences of Geometry, Algebra, and Arithmetic; and in short, every affirmation which is either... A History of Philosophy - Pàgina 351per Frank Thilly - 1914 - 612 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| David Fate Norton - 1993 - 420 pàgines
...reason or enquiry may naturally be divided into two kinds, to wit, Relations of Ideas, and Matters of Fact. Of the first kind are the sciences of Geometry,...is either intuitively or demonstratively certain. . . . Propositions of this kind are discoverable by the mere operation of thought, without dependence... | |
| Henri Veldhuis - 1994 - 476 pàgines
...reason or enquiry may naturally be divided into two kinds, to wit, Relations of Ideas, and Matters of fact. Of the first kind are the sciences of Geometry, Algebra, and Arithmetic; <-> Though there never were a circle or triangle in nature, the truths demonstrated by Euclid would... | |
| Nicholas Wolterstorff - 1996 - 276 pàgines
...reason or enquiry may naturally be divided into two kinds, to wit, Relations of Ideas, and Matlers of Fact. Of the first kind are the sciences of Geometry,...is either intuitively or demonstratively certain. Thai the square ol the hypotenuse is equal to the squares of the two sides, is a proposition which... | |
| Hans-Peter Grosshans - 1996 - 320 pàgines
...or enquiry may naturally be divided into two kinds, to wit, Relations of Ideas, and Matters ofFact. Of the first kind are the sciences of Geometry, Algebra,...is either intuitively or demonstratively certain. . . Tliat three times five is equal to the halfofthirty, expresses a relation between these numbers.... | |
| Arthur Franklin Stewart - 1997 - 178 pàgines
...them, are managed by means of deductive or "demonstrative" reasoning. Hume observes: Of [the deductive] kind are the sciences of geometry, algebra, and arithmetic,...or demonstratively certain. That the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the square of the two sides is a proposition which expresses a relation between... | |
| Y. S. Brenner - 508 pàgines
...reason or inquiry may naturally be divided into two kinds, to wit, Relations of Ideas, and Matters of Fact. Of the first kind are the sciences of Geometry, Algebra, and Arithmetic; in short, every affirmation which is either intuitively or demonstratively certain...' Propositions... | |
| Milton A. Pottenger - 1998 - 430 pàgines
...scintilla of truth contained in the mentality of the other two. For it is an absolute, undeniable truth that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the square of the perpendicular plus the square of the base. "If, now, you can imagine these three straight lines to... | |
| Frederick Copleston - 1999 - 452 pàgines
...human reason or inquiry may naturally be divided into two kinds, to wit, relations of ideas and matters of fact. Of the first kind are the sciences of geometry, algebra and arithmetic, and, in short, 1 T., 1. 1, 7, p. 22. every affirmation which is either intuitively or demonstratively certain Matters... | |
| James Fieser - 2005 - 408 pàgines
...human reason or inquiry may naturally be divided into two kinds; to wit, relation of ideas and matters of fact. Of the first kind are the sciences of Geometry, Algebra, or Arithmetic, and in short every affirmation which is either intuitively, or demonstratively certain."... | |
| David Hume - 2000 - 460 pàgines
...human reason or enquiry may naturally be divided into two kinds, to wit, Relations of Ideas and Matters of Fact. Of the first kind are the sciences of Geometry,...square of the hypothenuse is equal to the square of the two sides, is a proposition, which expresses a relation between these figures. That three times five... | |
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