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... simply record our determination to use words in a certain way . We cannot deny them without infringing the conventions which are presupposed by our very denial . ā 11 The truth of an analytic proposition is determined simply through an ...
... simply record our determination to use words in a certain way . We cannot deny them without infringing the conventions which are presupposed by our very denial . ā 11 The truth of an analytic proposition is determined simply through an ...
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... simply that what were once conceived to be necessary propositions or necessary truths about the world might conceivably not be true at all . That is to say , such propositions are subject to correction . We may be mistaken as to what we ...
... simply that what were once conceived to be necessary propositions or necessary truths about the world might conceivably not be true at all . That is to say , such propositions are subject to correction . We may be mistaken as to what we ...
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... simply contradictory to say that the desk is not made of wood . Sim- ilarly , in our example of extended objects , the object simply must be extended if its parts are extended . The extension of the whole is dependent on the extension ...
... simply contradictory to say that the desk is not made of wood . Sim- ilarly , in our example of extended objects , the object simply must be extended if its parts are extended . The extension of the whole is dependent on the extension ...
Contents
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CAUSATION | 23 |
THE PRINCIPLES OF CAUSATION AND SUufficient ReaSON | 51 |
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A. J. Ayer Albert Michotte analysis analytic analytic proposition appeal apply Ayer Bertrand Russell causal efficacy causal laws causal principle causal series cause and effect chapter claim conceivably concept conclusion constant conjunction contention contradiction Copleston cosmological argu cosmological argument cosmological proof David Hume dependent determined essential event example explanation fact Fallacy of Composition Frederick Copleston Hence Hume Hume's Ibid infinite series J. J. C. Smart Kant kind of necessity likewise logical argument logical necessity means ment move nature neces necessarily exists necessarily true necessary and sufficient necessary being exists necessary condition necessary truth necessity involved non-contingent object ontological argument particular philosophical predicated premise principle of causation principle of sufficient priori production question rational animal real world reality Russell Sā sary self-contradictory sense series of contingent simply simultaneous statement sufficient condition sufficient reason temporal priority things tion totality of contingent transitively related uncaused validity words
