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- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/Modern_Philosophy_(Ott_and_Dunn)/Chapters/1.01%3A_Background_to_Modern_PhilosophyFor the power of the lowest agent is not competent to produce the effect of itself, but in power of the agent next above it; and the power of that agent is competent in virtue of the agent above it; a...For the power of the lowest agent is not competent to produce the effect of itself, but in power of the agent next above it; and the power of that agent is competent in virtue of the agent above it; and thus the power of the highest agent proves to be of itself productive of the effect, as the immediate cause, as we see in the principles of mathematical demonstrations, of which the first principle is immediate.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/Modern_Philosophy_(Ott_and_Dunn)/00%3A_Front_Matter/02%3A_InfoPageThe LibreTexts libraries are Powered by NICE CXOne and are supported by the Department of Education Open Textbook Pilot Project, the UC Davis Office of the Provost, the UC Davis Library, the Californi...The LibreTexts libraries are Powered by NICE CXOne and are supported by the Department of Education Open Textbook Pilot Project, the UC Davis Office of the Provost, the UC Davis Library, the California State University Affordable Learning Solutions Program, and Merlot.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/Modern_Philosophy_(Ott_and_Dunn)/00%3A_Front_Matter/01%3A_TitlePageModern Philosophy This work is based on the work of Walter Ott & Alex Dunn BCcampus Ott and Dunn
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- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/Modern_Philosophy_(Ott_and_Dunn)/Chapters/1.02%3A_Rene_Descartes_(15961650)And, in the last place, what above all is here worthy of observation, is the generation of the animal spirits, which are like a very subtle wind, or rather a very pure and vivid flame which, continual...And, in the last place, what above all is here worthy of observation, is the generation of the animal spirits, which are like a very subtle wind, or rather a very pure and vivid flame which, continually ascending in great abundance from the heart to the brain, thence penetrates through the nerves into the muscles, and gives motion to all the members; so that to account for other parts of the blood which, as most agitated and penetrating, are the fittest to compose these spirits, proceeding towa…
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/Modern_Philosophy_(Ott_and_Dunn)/Chapters/1.07%3A_Immanuel_Kant_(17241804)They did not recognise that this space in thought makes the physical space, i.e., the extension of matter, itself possible; that the latter is no quality of things in themselves, but only a form of ou...They did not recognise that this space in thought makes the physical space, i.e., the extension of matter, itself possible; that the latter is no quality of things in themselves, but only a form of our sensible faculty of presentation; that all objects in space are mere phenomena, i.e., are not things in themselves, but presentations of our sensuous intuition; and hence that space, as the geometrician thinks it, is exactly the form of sensuous intuition we find a priori in ourselves, containing…
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/Modern_Philosophy_(Ott_and_Dunn)/Chapters/1.06%3A_David_Humes_(17111776)_Enquiry_Concerning_Human_UnderstandingLet us, then, take in the whole compass of this doctrine, and allow, that the sentiment of belief is nothing but a conception more intense and steady than what attends the mere fictions of the imagina...Let us, then, take in the whole compass of this doctrine, and allow, that the sentiment of belief is nothing but a conception more intense and steady than what attends the mere fictions of the imagination, and that this manner of conception arises from a customary conjunction of the object with something present to the memory or senses: I believe that it will not be difficult, upon these suppositions, to find other operations of the mind analogous to it, and to trace up these phenomena to princ…
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/Modern_Philosophy_(Ott_and_Dunn)/00%3A_Front_Matter/04%3A_CopyrightThis version of Modern Philosophy is a derivative copy of Modern Philosophy created by Alex Dunn, who based his work on the original Modern Philosophy book create by Walter Ott. The only modifications...This version of Modern Philosophy is a derivative copy of Modern Philosophy created by Alex Dunn, who based his work on the original Modern Philosophy book create by Walter Ott. The only modifications made to this version from both the original and the modification done by Alex Dunn the original is the format has been changed.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/Modern_Philosophy_(Ott_and_Dunn)/00%3A_Front_Matter/05%3A_PrefaceThe introductory chapter, (Minilogic and Glossary), is designed to introduce the basic tools of philosophy and sketch some basic principles and positions. Descartes The Principles of Philosophy—Transl...The introductory chapter, (Minilogic and Glossary), is designed to introduce the basic tools of philosophy and sketch some basic principles and positions. Descartes The Principles of Philosophy—Translated by John Veitch Discourse on Method—Translated by John Veitch Meditations on First Philosophy—Translated by John Veitch Objections and Replies—Translated by Jonathan Bennett, (copyright 2010–2015)
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/Modern_Philosophy_(Ott_and_Dunn)/Chapters/1.03%3A_Baruch_Spinoza_(16321677)Perhaps you will answer that the event is due to the facts that the wind was blowing, and the man was walking that way. “But why,” they will insist, “was the wind blowing, and why was the man at that ...Perhaps you will answer that the event is due to the facts that the wind was blowing, and the man was walking that way. “But why,” they will insist, “was the wind blowing, and why was the man at that very time walking that way?” If you again answer, that the wind had then sprung up because the sea had begun to be agitated the day before, the weather being previously calm, and that the man had been invited by a friend, they will again insist: “But why was the sea agitated, and why was the man in…
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/Modern_Philosophy_(Ott_and_Dunn)/00%3A_Front_Matter/03%3A_Table_of_Contents3: Background to Modern Philosophy 4: René Descartes (1596–1650) 5: Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) 6: John Locke’s (1632–1704) Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689) 7: George Berkeley (1685–1753) 8:...3: Background to Modern Philosophy 4: René Descartes (1596–1650) 5: Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) 6: John Locke’s (1632–1704) Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689) 7: George Berkeley (1685–1753) 8: David Hume’s (1711–1776) Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 9: Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) Back Matter Minilogic and Glossary Front Matter TitlePage InfoPage Table of Contents Copyright Preface Title Page
