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... would provide us with a founda- tion for our conception of a unitary space and this could then be drawn on for further identification of persisting things . In F 71 IDENTITY The mutual dependence of things and places.
... would provide us with a founda- tion for our conception of a unitary space and this could then be drawn on for further identification of persisting things . In F 71 IDENTITY The mutual dependence of things and places.
Page 198
... tion ' that the mind can operate only where it is ' ( Reid ) . As against dualists like Locke who hold that the mind is not in space this objection is entirely valid . But even if , with Case and Russell , the mental act of perception ...
... tion ' that the mind can operate only where it is ' ( Reid ) . As against dualists like Locke who hold that the mind is not in space this objection is entirely valid . But even if , with Case and Russell , the mental act of perception ...
Page 221
... tion was logically required for beliefs of that kind . Difference of theoretical opinion on the point could then be attributed to limited self - knowledge . In what sense , after all , would we need to know that an intuitive belief was ...
... tion was logically required for beliefs of that kind . Difference of theoretical opinion on the point could then be attributed to limited self - knowledge . In what sense , after all , would we need to know that an intuitive belief was ...
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