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Essence and Existence

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The Relativistic Deduction

Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science ((BSPS,volume 83))

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However, before investigating the limits imposed on the relativistic conception insofar as it is a theory arising from physical science, we must identify a limit it incurs insofar as it is a universal deduction of reality.

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Notes

  • Cf. Alexandre Koyre, L’idĂ©e de Dieu dans la philosophie de saint Anselme (Paris, 1923), pp. 55,222, 240.

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  • Bossuet, Logique, Chs. 39, 40, OEuvres completes (Bar-le-Duc, 1863), 12:51–52.

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  • Cf. Constant Bourquin, Comment doivent ecrire les philosophes (Paris, 1923), p. 16.

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  • Leibniz, Opuscules et fragments inedits, ed. Couturat (Paris, 1903), p. 9.

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Meyerson, É. (1985). Essence and Existence. In: The Relativistic Deduction. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 83. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5211-9_13

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