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... truth , and this alternative is impossible . Therefore the law of contradiction and the fundamental principles of logic are after all proved , like all other provable proposi- tions , by reference to the coherence of the system to which ...
... truth , and this alternative is impossible . Therefore the law of contradiction and the fundamental principles of logic are after all proved , like all other provable proposi- tions , by reference to the coherence of the system to which ...
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... truth . I cannot believe that we only know that 2 + 2 is equal to 4 because otherwise we could not have arithmetic ... truth of that proposition in the way indicated and that they may thus provide additional confirmation of its truth if ...
... truth . I cannot believe that we only know that 2 + 2 is equal to 4 because otherwise we could not have arithmetic ... truth of that proposition in the way indicated and that they may thus provide additional confirmation of its truth if ...
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... truth . It may be , humanly speaking , impossible at the present time , or perhaps ever , completely to disentangle this truth from the error , yet the mixture of truth and error we have attained may represent a great advance towards the ...
... truth . It may be , humanly speaking , impossible at the present time , or perhaps ever , completely to disentangle this truth from the error , yet the mixture of truth and error we have attained may represent a great advance towards the ...
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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By J H Clapham | 19 |
TSARDOM AND IMPERIALISM IN THE FAR EAST and Middle East | 25 |
REASON AND INTUITION Philosophical Lecture By A C Ewing | 67 |
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