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" 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, and of the usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses. "
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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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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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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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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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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The Trial on Trial: Volume 1: Truth and Due Process

R A Duff - Law - 2004 - 219 pages
...testimony of men and reports of eyewitnesses and spectators [. . .] [O]ur 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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A History of Reasonableness: Testimony and Authority in the Art of Thinking

Rick Kennedy - Business & Economics - 2004 - 296 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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Scottish Philosophy: Selected Readings 1690-1960

Gordon Graham - Philosophy - 2004 - 264 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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The Works of the Honourable James Wilson, L.L.D.

James Wilson, Bird Wilson - Law - 2005 - 1436 pages
...as to convey to others the sentiments, which we ourselves entertain, is a principle, degenerate-as we are apt to think human nature to be, more uniformly...they have a sensibility to shame, when detected in a falsehood—If it were not discovered by experience, that these qualities are inherent in human nature...
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