Principles and Problems of Right Thinking: A Textbook for Logic, Reflective Thinking, and Orientation CoursesHarper & brothers, 1931 - 529 pages |
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Page 237
... evidence , taken as a whole , converge ? And whenever a problem is similar with respect to complexity and uniqueness the question will finally assume an analogous form . These four principles then , of empiricism , objectivity , par ...
... evidence , taken as a whole , converge ? And whenever a problem is similar with respect to complexity and uniqueness the question will finally assume an analogous form . These four principles then , of empiricism , objectivity , par ...
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... evidence . The fundamental source of the difficulty lies in the extreme complexity of the situation , combined with our inability to state with confidence just how much weight is to be attributed to each of the relevant items of evidence ...
... evidence . The fundamental source of the difficulty lies in the extreme complexity of the situation , combined with our inability to state with confidence just how much weight is to be attributed to each of the relevant items of evidence ...
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... evidence for it ? Of what sort would such evidence be ? Is there other evidence that is pertinent , though not objective ? 4. Explain the distinction between denying the possibility of miracles and denying that any given event ought to ...
... evidence for it ? Of what sort would such evidence be ? Is there other evidence that is pertinent , though not objective ? 4. Explain the distinction between denying the possibility of miracles and denying that any given event ought to ...
Contents
THINKING AND RIGHT THINKING | 3 |
REFLECTIVE THINKING AND ITS ALTERNATIVES | 18 |
HINDRANCES AND AIDS TO RIGHT THINKING | 31 |
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