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The Works of the Honourable James Wilson, L. L. D.: Late One of the ... - Page 93
by James Wilson - 1804
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Epistemology: Contemporary Readings

Michael Huemer - Philosophy - 2002 - 636 pages
...shall not dispute about a word. It will be sufficient to observe that our assurance in any argument of this kind is derived from no other principle than...usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses. It being a general maxim, that no objects have any discoverable connexion together, and that all the...
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Philosophical Skepticism

Charles Landesman, Roblin Meeks - Philosophy - 2002 - 380 pages
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Ten Great Works of Philosophy

Various - Philosophy - 2002 - 596 pages
...shall not dispute about a word. It will be sufficient to observe that our assurance in any argument of this kind is derived from no other principle than...testimony and of the usual conformity of facts to the report of witnesses. It being a general maxim that no objects have any discoverable connection together,...
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Stability and Justification in Hume's Treatise

Louis E. Loeb - Philosophy - 2002 - 302 pages
...shall not dispute about a word. It will be sufficient to observe that our assurance in any argument of this kind is derived from no other principle than...our observation of the veracity of human testimony" (EHU X, 88). The issue, however, is not verbal. If arguments based upon the inductive accreditation...
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Epistemology: Contemporary Readings

Michael Huemer - Philosophy - 2002 - 619 pages
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A Defense of Hume on Miracles

Robert J. Fogelin - Philosophy - 2010 - 128 pages
...shall not dispute about a word. It will be sufficient to observe, that our assurance in any argument of this kind is derived from no other principle than...usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses. It being a general maxim, that no objects have any discoverable connexion together, and that all the...
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Philosophy of Religion: An Anthology

Charles Taliaferro, Paul J. Griffiths - Philosophy - 2003 - 622 pages
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The Enlightenment: A Sourcebook and Reader

Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - Enlightenment - 2003 - 496 pages
...shall not dispute about a word. It will be sufficient to observe that our assurance in any argument of this kind is derived from no other principle than...usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses. It being a general maxim, that no objects have any discoverable connexion together, and that all the...
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Supernatural Book Or Evidences of Christianity 1889

Randolph S. Foster - Religion - 2003 - 456 pages
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The Enlightenment: A Sourcebook and Reader

Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - History - 2003 - 494 pages
...this kind is derived from no other principle than our ohservation of the veracitv of human testimonv, and of the usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses. It heing a general maxim, that no ohjects have anv discoverahle connexion together, and that all the...
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