Principles and Problems of Right Thinking: A Textbook for Logic, Reflective Thinking, and Orientation CoursesHarper & brothers, 1931 - 529 pages |
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... example , is it to have correct beliefs rather than incorrect ones ? Just what disadvantages would there be in continuing our present habits of acceptance and our pres- ent methods of solving difficulties , without the labor of securing ...
... example , is it to have correct beliefs rather than incorrect ones ? Just what disadvantages would there be in continuing our present habits of acceptance and our pres- ent methods of solving difficulties , without the labor of securing ...
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... examples fall into two types as regards the relations involved . In the first two the relation undergoes no change in the ... example . “ All men are mortal . " Clearly we cannot infer from this that all mortal creatures are men . The ...
... examples fall into two types as regards the relations involved . In the first two the relation undergoes no change in the ... example . “ All men are mortal . " Clearly we cannot infer from this that all mortal creatures are men . The ...
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... example of the gradual dissemination of a myth over neighboring tribes . The phenomena of distribution can be explained only by the theory that the tales have been carried from one tribe to its neighbors , and by the tribe which has ...
... example of the gradual dissemination of a myth over neighboring tribes . The phenomena of distribution can be explained only by the theory that the tales have been carried from one tribe to its neighbors , and by the tribe which has ...
Contents
THINKING AND RIGHT THINKING | 3 |
REFLECTIVE THINKING AND ITS ALTERNATIVES | 18 |
HINDRANCES AND AIDS TO RIGHT THINKING | 31 |
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