General Physiology; Or, Physiological Theory of Cosmos: A Rectification of the Analytical Concept of Matter and of the Synthetical Concept of Bodies, Resolving the Problem of the Unity of All Objective KnowledgeK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1890 - 391 pages |
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... according as the object on which it acts is a green leaf , a photographic plate , or the retina . The form of the reaction depends on the two things which must act over each other in order to manifest any change , and when one of the ...
... according as the object on which it acts is a green leaf , a photographic plate , or the retina . The form of the reaction depends on the two things which must act over each other in order to manifest any change , and when one of the ...
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... according as they are perceived by the senses , and ordinary language expresses such a form of thought . But cosmos thus explained will be known only vaguely and with inexactitude as it appears to our senses . For this reason reflexive ...
... according as they are perceived by the senses , and ordinary language expresses such a form of thought . But cosmos thus explained will be known only vaguely and with inexactitude as it appears to our senses . For this reason reflexive ...
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... according to their rank , and the knowledge of the abstractions which characterize a class is what we call concept . Abstractions can be considered either as qualitative or quantitative ; in the first case we express a concept of direct ...
... according to their rank , and the knowledge of the abstractions which characterize a class is what we call concept . Abstractions can be considered either as qualitative or quantitative ; in the first case we express a concept of direct ...
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... according to their analogies . Therefore , a hypothetical explanation , in order to be valid , must mark the analogy or identity between the mutation which we propose to compre- hend in it and the phenomena which are supposed to be ...
... according to their analogies . Therefore , a hypothetical explanation , in order to be valid , must mark the analogy or identity between the mutation which we propose to compre- hend in it and the phenomena which are supposed to be ...
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... according to the cases of coincidence offered to our observation ; but besides this it needs the successive confirmation or attestation of new facts , because it is clearly seen that it will become less and less probable if the new ...
... according to the cases of coincidence offered to our observation ; but besides this it needs the successive confirmation or attestation of new facts , because it is clearly seen that it will become less and less probable if the new ...
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