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... possible objects . And in this sense historical events are neither actual nor possible objects of direct inspection . Further , this impossibility is a de facto impossibility . We know no way by which we can directly inspect them . But ...
... possible objects . And in this sense historical events are neither actual nor possible objects of direct inspection . Further , this impossibility is a de facto impossibility . We know no way by which we can directly inspect them . But ...
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... possible to give to it . Here , of course , the question is asked with the implication that it is unanswerable and that , therefore , the process described cannot take place . But if we are sure that the process itself takes place in ...
... possible to give to it . Here , of course , the question is asked with the implication that it is unanswerable and that , therefore , the process described cannot take place . But if we are sure that the process itself takes place in ...
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... possible to select without distortion . This has been a fruitful source of discussion in philosophy . And , of course , it is not one which arises in connexion with history alone . For a similar assumption is made in many other kinds of ...
... possible to select without distortion . This has been a fruitful source of discussion in philosophy . And , of course , it is not one which arises in connexion with history alone . For a similar assumption is made in many other kinds of ...
Contents
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By Sir David Ross | 21 |
ARAB RULE UNDER THE AL BU SAID DYNASTY OF OMAN Raleigh | 27 |
SOME PROBLEMS OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY Philosophical | 55 |
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