Principles and Problems of Right Thinking: A Textbook for Logic, Reflective Thinking, and Orientation CoursesHarper & brothers, 1931 - 529 pages |
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... appear so because of their complexity and our present ignorance , and that discovery of the proper methods of analysis may in time prove their dependence on regular underlying laws . A still further consideration lies in the very nature ...
... appear so because of their complexity and our present ignorance , and that discovery of the proper methods of analysis may in time prove their dependence on regular underlying laws . A still further consideration lies in the very nature ...
Page 486
... appear unscientific if not downright immoral . A possible reconciliation of religious faith and scientific as- sumptions might be reached , perhaps , if our religious founda- tions were sufficiently remodeled so that both the scientific ...
... appear unscientific if not downright immoral . A possible reconciliation of religious faith and scientific as- sumptions might be reached , perhaps , if our religious founda- tions were sufficiently remodeled so that both the scientific ...
Page 518
... appear- ing to be the minimum period necessary for the disease to develop . He varied these experiments sufficiently so that he was able to predict with confidence just when the hydrophobia would appear in the case of an inoculated ...
... appear- ing to be the minimum period necessary for the disease to develop . He varied these experiments sufficiently so that he was able to predict with confidence just when the hydrophobia would appear in the case of an inoculated ...
Contents
THINKING AND RIGHT THINKING | 3 |
REFLECTIVE THINKING AND ITS ALTERNATIVES | 18 |
HINDRANCES AND AIDS TO RIGHT THINKING | 31 |
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