Principles and Problems of Right Thinking: A Textbook for Logic, Reflective Thinking, and Orientation CoursesHarper & brothers, 1931 - 529 pages |
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Page 47
... interest in objects apart from the imme- cance diate use to which they are put . But curiosity has not reached full maturity as the controlling motive in reflection until it has . grown into a conscious interest in the quite general ...
... interest in objects apart from the imme- cance diate use to which they are put . But curiosity has not reached full maturity as the controlling motive in reflection until it has . grown into a conscious interest in the quite general ...
Page 390
... interests of others . In such situations it is valid procedure to allow some habitual rule or customary interest to dictate a way through the difficulty and set active reflection free to deal with more serious problems . But in an ...
... interests of others . In such situations it is valid procedure to allow some habitual rule or customary interest to dictate a way through the difficulty and set active reflection free to deal with more serious problems . But in an ...
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... interest We certainly find some illumination on this point when we How study the basic interests of the man ; indeed , the passage above far quoted gives significant hints here . Hume was obviously , de- spite his metaphysical keenness ...
... interest We certainly find some illumination on this point when we How study the basic interests of the man ; indeed , the passage above far quoted gives significant hints here . Hume was obviously , de- spite his metaphysical keenness ...
Contents
THINKING AND RIGHT THINKING | 3 |
REFLECTIVE THINKING AND ITS ALTERNATIVES | 18 |
HINDRANCES AND AIDS TO RIGHT THINKING | 31 |
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