Examination of McTaggart's Philosophy Volume ICUP Archive |
Contents
Preface page | xlix |
Directions to the Reader | lvi |
THE NATURE OF A TERM | 3 |
The introduction of the Principle of Determining | 6 |
page | 8 |
CHAPTER II | 19 |
CHAPTER III | 24 |
Attempt to state the real ground of Bradleys objec | 27 |
Extension of the doctrine It is inconsistent to com | 248 |
Further discussion and illustrations 254255 | 254 |
260261 | 261 |
266207 | 267 |
Sufficient descriptions of various orders explained | 269 |
Application of this to the notions of a beginning | 272 |
1516 | 273 |
BOOK IV | 279 |
The statement that it is doubtful whether anything | 34 |
The idea of a perfectly straight object might be | 43 |
REALITY | 45 |
In this form it can meet all the usual objections | 49 |
POSSIBILITIES 5455 | 54 |
MUST WE ASSUME THAT THERE ARE PROPOSITIONS? 6478 | 64 |
When this metaphorical expression is interpreted | 71 |
BOOK II | 79 |
page 104105 | 104 |
A likeness may be more or less extensive and more | 112 |
The ordinary definition of circularity is really | 123 |
EXISTENCE | 131 |
Prof Stouts question to believers in Substance | 137 |
There is a derivative sense in which these adjectives | 144 |
153154 | 154 |
Can one literally hear a sound moving or resting? page 163164 | 163 |
McTaggart thinks that on any view of the nature | 169 |
The question of possible exceptions must be discussed | 176 |
BOOK III | 187 |
The distinction between existend and subsistend | 193 |
The notion of an Aggregate Resemblance between | 197 |
CHAPTER XII | 201 |
14 | 211 |
CHAPTER XIII | 212 |
4 INDEPENDENT DISCUSSION OF CAUSATION 228245 | 228 |
Elucidation of the above Principle | 234 |
If the various necessary conditions exclude each | 239 |
Such knowledge may not arise without some previous | 245 |
Some qualities seem to belong to certain collections | 284 |
1921 | 289 |
Analogy between groups with the same content | 294 |
CHAPTER XVI | 301 |
THE UNIVERSE 307309 | 307 |
2123 | 321 |
ARE THERE NATURAL SUBDIVISIONS IN THE UNI | 323 |
The mathematical theory is internally consistent | 332 |
MCTAGGARTS DOCTRINE | 333 |
Even if geometry requires points which are spatially | 342 |
3 SOME FURTHER REMARKS ON DIVISIBILITY | 351 |
The fact that there are many particulars is com | 353 |
Stage | 364 |
BOOK V | 371 |
DETERMINING CORRESPONDENCE 378400 | 378 |
111112 | 384 |
Illustration of this ambiguity | 385 |
There might be some primary parts whose differen | 392 |
398399 | 399 |
DETERMINING CORRESPONDENCE AND EXCLUSIVE | 408 |
The Principle of Determining Correspondence entails | 414 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 421 |
THE SECOND SUPPOSITION 429431 | 429 |
RETROSPECT | 437 |
McTaggart professes to prove that if every particular | 440 |
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Common terms and phrases
acquainted admit aggregate resemblance Albert Memorial analysis answer aqua regia argument assert assume believe C₁ C₂ called causal certainly Chap charac co-referential colour common complex compound connexion contain conveys defined definition described determining correspondence disbelief dissimilar doctrine doubt dyadic relation empirical concept entails exactly straight example exclusive description expressed false group whose members Hegel inconsistent infer infinite number Innate Ideas instance interrelated intrinsic determination judgment judgment-situation Julius Caesar kind Leibniz logically possible loudness McTaggart mean mind Nature of Existence notion objective constituent occurrence organic unity P₁ P₂ phrase physical object position predicate premises Presupposition primary whole principle priori proposition question reason relational fact respect seems self-evident sense sensibile sensibilia sentence squeaky noise stands statement substance sufficient description suppose supposition symmetrical relation teleology teristic term things triadic relation true universe whilst