Frequently their views are presented by arguments that amount to an appeal to a "vision" of how things are ("Look, don't you see?").[20] This is simply a general although not universal observation about these authors, and should not be regarded as a philosophical limitation or defect.
Similar qualities came in a philosophical "Grenzen der Menschheit" ("Limitations of Mankind"), a hair-raising "Erlkönig" ("The Erl King") and an elegantly resigned "Im Frühling" ("In Spring").
Turing understood this quite well, and became philosophical on the physical limitations of his inventions during the later part of his life.
Another thing to notice is that, independently of their philosophical motivations and formal limitations, atomistic mereologies admit of significant simplifications in the axioms.
By integrating their views, and using each as a corrective to the other, Malebranche produces a new doctrine that attempts to preserve and extend their philosophical insights while avoiding their limitations and problems.
Limitations of the philosophical methods that were used throughout the twentieth century and are still in use may make it impossible to produce theories that do justice to the subject matter.
Bookerly wasn't a huge advance in typography or anything, but it's an important philosophical shift — acknowledging the strengths and limitations of the type environment and designing for them, rather than attempting to ape paper.
The limitations are technical only — and philosophical, of course.
