 | Martin Hollis - 1977 - 210 páginas
...conceived, the doctrine called Philosophical Necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise...of the individual, the manner in which he will act might be unerringly inferred: that if we knew the person thoroughly and knew all the influences which... | |
 | Bruce Mazlish - 1988 - 524 páginas
...doctrine of Philosophical Necessity, correctly conceived, states that: Given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise...thoroughly, and knew all the inducements which are acting upon him, we could foretell his conduct with as much certainty as we can predict any physical event.24... | |
 | Maurice Cowling - 1990 - 220 páginas
...in particular about the predictability of human action. 'Given the motives' Mill writes 'which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise...of the individual, the manner in which he will act might be unerringly inferred : [and] ... if we knew the person thoroughly, and knew all the inducements... | |
 | John Cunningham Wood - 1991 - 676 páginas
...conceived, the doctrine called Philosophical Necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise...of the individual, the manner in which he will act might be unerringly inferred: that if we knew the person thoroughly and knew all the inducements which... | |
 | Pierre Guillet de Monthoux - 1993 - 334 páginas
...his position in the following manner: "Necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise...of the individual, the manner in which he will act might be unerringly inferred."1 1 People who know us well can predict what we would do, although many... | |
 | John Cunningham Wood - 1993 - 540 páginas
...state of mind— that is, his motives— we can predict his behavior. "Given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise...of the individual, the manner in which he will act might be unerringly inferred."20 Since motives are the cause of individual behavior, it follows that... | |
 | Martin Hollis - 1994 - 284 páginas
...conceived, the doctrine called Philosophical Necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise...of the individual, the manner in which he will act might be unerringly inferred: that if we know the person thoroughly, and know all the inducements which... | |
 | Dan A. Lewis, Kathryn Nakagawa - 1994 - 572 páginas
...pp. 111-57. 191. John Stuart Mill got the main point quite right here: "Given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise...of the individual, the manner in which he will act might be unerringly inferred; that if we knew the person thoroughly, and knew all the inducements which... | |
 | John Cunningham Wood - 1996 - 422 páginas
...state of mind — that is, his motives — we can predict his behavior. "Given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise...of the individual, the manner in which he will act might be unerringly inferred."20 Since motives are the cause of individual behavior, it follows that... | |
 | Wayne P. Pomerleau - 1997 - 566 páginas
...Necessity" is supported by universal experience and correctly claims that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise...of the individual, the manner in which he will act might be unerringly interred; that if we knew the person thoroughly, and knew all the inducements which... | |
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Necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise the character and disposition of the individual, the manner in which he will act may be unerringly inferred... 
