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The Use of the Understanding, in endeavouring to find out the Meaning of any Proposition whatsoever, in considering the nature and Evidence for or against it, and in judging of it according to the seeming Force or Weakness of the Evidence.

Anthony Collins

The Use of the Understanding, in endeavouring to find out the Meaning of any Proposition whatsoever, in considering the nature and Evidence for or against it, and in judging of it according to the seeming Force or Weakness of the Evidence.

Tags: evidence, meaning, rationality, reason, scientific method, understanding

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About Anthony Collins

Anthony Collins may refer to:

Anthony Collins (philosopher) (1676–1729), English philosopher and deist
Anthony Collins (American football) (born 1985), American football player
Anthony Collins (composer) (1893–1963), British film score composer and conductor
Anthony Collins (cricketer) (born 1949), New Zealand cricketer
Anthony Collins (judge) (born 1960), Irish judge
Anthony G. Collins (born 1949), Australian-American academic administrator