Principles and Problems of Right Thinking: A Textbook for Logic, Reflective Thinking, and Orientation CoursesHarper & brothers, 1931 - 529 pages |
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... established . He feels himself lost in a practical helplessness which is the source of a considerable part of the pain attending the reorganization of habit . Only gradually does the greater satisfaction of the better succeeding belief ...
... established . He feels himself lost in a practical helplessness which is the source of a considerable part of the pain attending the reorganization of habit . Only gradually does the greater satisfaction of the better succeeding belief ...
Page 87
... established to the exclusion of all others . Desir- ability of hold- ing many sugges- It is , of course , desirable to be able to hold several different suggestions to the same problem in mind at the same time , not only to avoid ...
... established to the exclusion of all others . Desir- ability of hold- ing many sugges- It is , of course , desirable to be able to hold several different suggestions to the same problem in mind at the same time , not only to avoid ...
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... established by a careful comparative observation of one object or event with another . The foundation of this particular belief is our observa- tion of the present cold in its relation to the earlier one . The belief that the flagpole ...
... established by a careful comparative observation of one object or event with another . The foundation of this particular belief is our observa- tion of the present cold in its relation to the earlier one . The belief that the flagpole ...
Contents
THINKING AND RIGHT THINKING | 3 |
REFLECTIVE THINKING AND ITS ALTERNATIVES | 18 |
HINDRANCES AND AIDS TO RIGHT THINKING | 31 |
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