...depends either on the character of the nerve-centre, or on the way in which the molecular disturbance is brought to the nerve-centre, or on both ; it becomes...beyond consciousness. The proposition that whatever wo feel has an existence which is relative to ourselves only, cannot be proved, nay cannot even be...

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...impossible without "tacitly or avowedly postulating an unknown something beyond consciousness," I yet admit that " our states of consciousness are the only things we can know," he goes on to argue that I am radically inconsistent, because, in interpreting the phenomena of consciousness,...

...their true position, it is compelled, in opposition to Positive Philosophy, to make this concession. " Not a step can be taken towards the truth, that our...external existence which is not relative to ourselves." * * Cosmic Philosophy, vol. i., p. 84. This antithesis is fundamental in our constitution. It arises...

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...the subject; and this is supposed to be exhibited. Mr. Spencer says: "Not a step can be taken toward the truth that our states of consciousness are the...relative to ourselves only cannot be proved, nay, cannot be intelligently expressed, without asserting, directly or by implication, an external existence whichis...

...intermediation of changes resembling neither. 88. An all-important implication must not be overlooked. Not a step can be taken towards the truth that our...consciousness are the only things we can know, without postulating an unknown something beyond consciousness. The only thinkable proposition is, that the...

...impossible without " tacitly or avowedly postulating an unknown something beyond consciousness," I yet admit that " our states of consciousness are the only things we can know;" he goes on to argue that I am- radically inconsistent, because, in interpreting the phenomena of consciousness,...