Principles and Problems of Right Thinking: A Textbook for Logic, Reflective Thinking, and Orientation CoursesHarper & brothers, 1931 - 529 pages |
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Page 37
... dependable , while others are much more so . Hence even after we have learned the habit of wariness and criticism in dealing with certain types of problem we may find ourselves uncritically trusting vivid intuitions in others , or ...
... dependable , while others are much more so . Hence even after we have learned the habit of wariness and criticism in dealing with certain types of problem we may find ourselves uncritically trusting vivid intuitions in others , or ...
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... dependable conjunctions of events ? Well , tions in- one general assumption is immediately evident from the above considerations . Stated negatively , it is the assumption that our world is not a chaos . In more positive terms , we may ...
... dependable conjunctions of events ? Well , tions in- one general assumption is immediately evident from the above considerations . Stated negatively , it is the assumption that our world is not a chaos . In more positive terms , we may ...
Page 374
... dependable do they become as measured by actual results . The primary reason for this is that a larger number of unexpected events will have an opportunity to wreak their influence on the projected outcome . Things do happen which we ...
... dependable do they become as measured by actual results . The primary reason for this is that a larger number of unexpected events will have an opportunity to wreak their influence on the projected outcome . Things do happen which we ...
Contents
THINKING AND RIGHT THINKING | 3 |
REFLECTIVE THINKING AND ITS ALTERNATIVES | 18 |
HINDRANCES AND AIDS TO RIGHT THINKING | 31 |
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