An Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy: And of the Principal Philosophical Questions Discussed in His WritingsLongmans, Green, and Company, 1889 - 650 pages |
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... concept of the Infinite , " which Sir W. Hamilton believed to be not a proper predicate of God , but a representation of a non - entity . And Mr Mansel affirms ( p . 92 ) that to substitute the name of God in the place of the Infinite ...
... concept of the Infinite , " which Sir W. Hamilton believed to be not a proper predicate of God , but a representation of a non - entity . And Mr Mansel affirms ( p . 92 ) that to substitute the name of God in the place of the Infinite ...
Page 100
... concept of a thing when " we think it by the qualities of which it is the comple- " ment . But as the attribution of qualities is an affir- * First and second senses confused together . + First sense . First sense . § Third sense . 66 ...
... concept of a thing when " we think it by the qualities of which it is the comple- " ment . But as the attribution of qualities is an affir- * First and second senses confused together . + First sense . First sense . § Third sense . 66 ...
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... CONCEPTS , OR GENERAL NOTIONS . We now arrive at the questions which form the transi- tion from Psychology to Logic - from the analysis and laws of the mental operations , to the theory of the as- certainment of objective truth : the ...
... CONCEPTS , OR GENERAL NOTIONS . We now arrive at the questions which form the transi- tion from Psychology to Logic - from the analysis and laws of the mental operations , to the theory of the as- certainment of objective truth : the ...
Page 381
... of thoughts . External objects indeed are all individual , but to every general name corre- sponds a General Notion , or Conception , called by Locke and others an Abstract Idea . General Names are CONCEPTS OR GENERAL NOTIONS . 381.
... of thoughts . External objects indeed are all individual , but to every general name corre- sponds a General Notion , or Conception , called by Locke and others an Abstract Idea . General Names are CONCEPTS OR GENERAL NOTIONS . 381.
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... . Now , the former of these quantities , the external , is called the Extension of a " notion ; the latter , the internal quantity , is called its 66 66 Comprehension or Intension . . . . . The CONCEPTS OR GENERAL NOTIONS . 383.
... . Now , the former of these quantities , the external , is called the Extension of a " notion ; the latter , the internal quantity , is called its 66 66 Comprehension or Intension . . . . . The CONCEPTS OR GENERAL NOTIONS . 383.
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