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William Kingdon Clifford

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1901. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE PURE SCIENCES 1 I.--STATEMENT OF THE QUESTION On entering this room and looking rapidly round, what do I see? I see a theatre, with a gallery, and with an arrangement of seats in tiers. I see people sitting upon these seats, people with heads more or less round, with bodies of a certain shape; sitting in various positions. Above I see a roof with a skylight, and a round disc evidently capable of vertical motion. Below I see the solid floor supporting us all In front of me I see a table, and my hands resting upon it. In the midst of all these things I see a void space, which I can walk about in if I like. The different things I have mentioned I see at various distances from one another, and from me; and (now that the door is shut) I see that they completely enclose this void space, and hedge it in. My view is not made of patches here and there, but is a continuous boundary going all round the void space I have mentioned. All this I see to exist at the same time; but some of you are not sitting quite still, and I see you move; that is to say, I see you pass from one position into another by going through an infinite series of intermediate positions. Moreover, when I put my hands on the table, I feel a hard flat horizontal surface at rest, covered with cloth. 1 Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution in March 1873., ' Have I spoken correctly in making these assertions? Yes, you will say, this is on the whole just what I ought to have seen and felt under the circumstances. With the exception of one or two points expressed in too technical a form, this is just the sort of language that a witness might use in describing any ordinary event, without invalidating his testimony. You would not say at once, "This is absurd; the man must not be list...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lectures and Essays by the Late William Kingdon Clifford, F.R.S. (Volume 1). To get started finding Lectures and Essays by the Late William Kingdon Clifford, F.R.S. (Volume 1), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: General Books

Release: 2012

ISBN: 115026733X

Description: This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1901. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE PURE SCIENCES 1 I.--STATEMENT OF THE QUESTION On entering this room and looking rapidly round, what do I see? I see a theatre, with a gallery, and with an arrangement of seats in tiers. I see people sitting upon these seats, people with heads more or less round, with bodies of a certain shape; sitting in various positions. Above I see a roof with a skylight, and a round disc evidently capable of vertical motion. Below I see the solid floor supporting us all In front of me I see a table, and my hands resting upon it. In the midst of all these things I see a void space, which I can walk about in if I like. The different things I have mentioned I see at various distances from one another, and from me; and (now that the door is shut) I see that they completely enclose this void space, and hedge it in. My view is not made of patches here and there, but is a continuous boundary going all round the void space I have mentioned. All this I see to exist at the same time; but some of you are not sitting quite still, and I see you move; that is to say, I see you pass from one position into another by going through an infinite series of intermediate positions. Moreover, when I put my hands on the table, I feel a hard flat horizontal surface at rest, covered with cloth. 1 Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution in March 1873., ' Have I spoken correctly in making these assertions? Yes, you will say, this is on the whole just what I ought to have seen and felt under the circumstances. With the exception of one or two points expressed in too technical a form, this is just the sort of language that a witness might use in describing any ordinary event, without invalidating his testimony. You would not say at once, "This is absurd; the man must not be list...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lectures and Essays by the Late William Kingdon Clifford, F.R.S. (Volume 1). To get started finding Lectures and Essays by the Late William Kingdon Clifford, F.R.S. (Volume 1), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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