Principles and Problems of Right Thinking: A Textbook for Logic, Reflective Thinking, and Orientation CoursesHarper & brothers, 1931 - 529 pages |
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... fact that we seek in it not merely a summary of the past but a pledge for the future , a disclosure of the manner in which we may rightly predict and understand what is yet to happen on the basis of what has already transpired ...
... fact that we seek in it not merely a summary of the past but a pledge for the future , a disclosure of the manner in which we may rightly predict and understand what is yet to happen on the basis of what has already transpired ...
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... fact introduced might be agreed upon without dispute , and yet diverse answers be given to the question itself . In short , this is a question of value , not of fact . Let us examine briefly the nature of value . When we talk about ...
... fact introduced might be agreed upon without dispute , and yet diverse answers be given to the question itself . In short , this is a question of value , not of fact . Let us examine briefly the nature of value . When we talk about ...
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... fact rather than an experienced fact itself . He notices , moreover , that many other people are like him in this respect ; in fact , it might plausibly be maintained that though the majority of people are adherents of some religion ...
... fact rather than an experienced fact itself . He notices , moreover , that many other people are like him in this respect ; in fact , it might plausibly be maintained that though the majority of people are adherents of some religion ...
Contents
THINKING AND RIGHT THINKING | 3 |
REFLECTIVE THINKING AND ITS ALTERNATIVES | 18 |
HINDRANCES AND AIDS TO RIGHT THINKING | 31 |
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