 To make the comprehensibility of a datum of consciousness the criterion of its truth would be, indeed, the climax of absurdity. For the primary data of consciousness as themselves the conditions under which all else is comprehended, are necessarily themselves...  Chambers's Encyclopædia: CHI to ELE - Seite 1571886Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1890 - 988 Seiten
...or any of its deliverances are inexplicable — are incomprehensible. To make the comprehcnsibility of a datum of consciousness the criterion of its truth, would be indeed the climax of absurdity." (P. 145.) The conclusiveness of this reasoning is disputed by many, who object, that consciousness (qv)... | |
 | 1897 - 858 Seiten
...admitted, it still remains competent to lead a proof that they are undeserving of credit. But how is this to be done? As the ultimate grounds of knowledge,...comprising indeed everything that we call mind; and it is Eroverbially unsafe to argue in generalities. Suppose, it i argued, we were to substitute 'memory'... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1898 - 960 Seiten
...admitted, it still remains competent to lead a proof that they are undeserving of credit. But how is this to be done? As the ultimate grounds of knowledge,...substitute "memory" in the above reasonings, and to maintain that the veracity of each one's memory was beyond all question or dispute, it would be apparent... | |
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