MetaphysicsThis classic, provocative introduction to classical metaphysical questions focuses on appreciating the problems, rather than attempting to proffer answers. |
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... sense when asserted of any ordinary or familiar state of matter . One can say of a belief , for in- stance , that it is true or false , but this can never be said , except meta- phorically or derivatively , of any familiar state of ...
... sense when asserted of any ordinary or familiar state of matter . One can say of a belief , for in- stance , that it is true or false , but this can never be said , except meta- phorically or derivatively , of any familiar state of ...
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... sense of ability , which consists in having the skill , strength , equipment , or knowing how . But to make that point is really to miss the point . If there is lacking some condition C , necessary for my doing a certain act A , or ...
... sense of ability , which consists in having the skill , strength , equipment , or knowing how . But to make that point is really to miss the point . If there is lacking some condition C , necessary for my doing a certain act A , or ...
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... sense . When we describe something as becoming older we often have in mind certain definite and observa- ble changes . For instance , if we say of a man that he is becoming older , we are apt to be referring to the diminution of his ...
... sense . When we describe something as becoming older we often have in mind certain definite and observa- ble changes . For instance , if we say of a man that he is becoming older , we are apt to be referring to the diminution of his ...
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absurdity accordingly antecedent conditions argument argument from design assert ball becoming older believe bodily changes body causal cause conception consider course deliberate deny depends Descartes determinism is true difficulties DOUBLE ASPECT THEORY doubt effects epiphenomenalism epiphenomenalist everything example existence express fact false fatalist feel future happen hypothalamus idea identical inferred inner instance interactionism kind law of excluded least less logically matter means mental merely metaphysical mind acts mind or soul MONROE BEARDSLEY motions move my finger mysterious nature naval battle occurred necessary nervous system neuron never nonphysical one's passage past perfectly perishable person philosophical physical object possible problems pure becoming Q is true reason receding ever farther Richard Taylor Roderick Chisholm seems sense Sidney Hook simply sometimes spatial statements stones sufficient suppose surely sympathetic nervous system temporal theory of determinism things Thomas Aquinas thought tion volitions