Principles and Problems of Right Thinking: A Textbook for Logic, Reflective Thinking, and Orientation CoursesHarper & brothers, 1931 - 529 pages |
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... inference were really well grounded , or whether the association between Friday and failure were the mere deposit of some superstitious tradition . He may then be willing on a future occasion to try an inference whose assumption could ...
... inference were really well grounded , or whether the association between Friday and failure were the mere deposit of some superstitious tradition . He may then be willing on a future occasion to try an inference whose assumption could ...
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... inference , or of a valid syllogism . They follow from the essential nature of mean- ing , discussed since the days of Aristotle in terms of the famous inference traditional " Laws of Thought " —the laws of identity , contra- diction ...
... inference , or of a valid syllogism . They follow from the essential nature of mean- ing , discussed since the days of Aristotle in terms of the famous inference traditional " Laws of Thought " —the laws of identity , contra- diction ...
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... INFERENCE the world of IN IN THE preceding chapters the general conditions requisite Further for good thinking at each of its five steps have been outlined . explora- For the present our task is to explore more fully the world of tion ...
... INFERENCE the world of IN IN THE preceding chapters the general conditions requisite Further for good thinking at each of its five steps have been outlined . explora- For the present our task is to explore more fully the world of tion ...
Contents
THINKING AND RIGHT THINKING | 3 |
REFLECTIVE THINKING AND ITS ALTERNATIVES | 18 |
HINDRANCES AND AIDS TO RIGHT THINKING | 31 |
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