 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1845 - 618 pages
...objective and subjective. Objective certainty is when the proposition is true in itself; and subjective, when we are certain of the truth of it. The one is in things; the other is in our own minds." This explanation will not make the matter any clearer. But we shall presently show that... | |
 | Noah Webster - English language - 1850 - 578 pages
...the object. Objective certainty, is when the proposition is certainly true in itself; and subjective, when we are certain of the truth of it. The one is in things, the other in our minds. OB-JECT-IVE-LY, ad. By way of objection; in the manner of an object. OB JKCT'-OR, в.... | |
 | 1845 - 778 pages
...objfctirf and subjectire. Objectien certainty is when the proposition ia true in itself; and tulyectiee, when we are certain of the truth of it. The one is in things ; the other is in our own minds." This explanation v, 111 not make the matter any clearer, But we shall presently shew that... | |
 | William Dwight Whitney - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1891 - 258 pages
...subjective. Objective certainty is when the proposition is certainly true in Itself, and subjective wheu we are certain of the truth of It. The one is in things, the other is in our minds. Watts, Logic, II. ii. § 8. The words subjective and objective are getting into general use now. E.... | |
 | American literature - 1845 - 598 pages
...objective and subjective. Objective certainty is when the proposition is true in itself; and subjective, when we are certain of the truth of it. The one is in things; the other is in our own minds." This explanation will not make the matter any clearer. But we shall presently show that... | |
 | 1884 - 624 pages
...certainty or truth. " Objective certainty,"' says Watts, "is when the thing is true in itself; subjective when we are certain of the truth of it. The one is in things, the other in oui minds." P. 266.—" Logos," lo'gos. The ward, literally. In anciont thought it had two significations,... | |
 | Roberto Torretti - Philosophy - 1999 - 532 pages
...Watts 1725: "Objective certainty, is when the proposition is certainly true in itself; and subjective, when we are certain of the truth of it. The one is in things, the other is in our minds" (ii. ii. § 8). 398 housekeeping and trade; geometric terms developed in carpentry, architecture, and... | |
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Certainty, according to the schools, is distinguished into objective and subjective. Objective certainty, is when the proposition is certainly true in itself; and subjective, when we are certain of the truth of it. The one is in things, the other is in... 
