Principles and Problems of Right Thinking: A Textbook for Logic, Reflective Thinking, and Orientation CoursesHarper & brothers, 1931 - 529 pages |
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... light of their representation by circles , we may quickly formulate the rules for validity in this type of syllogism and see the reasons for them . Notice , first , that those combinations in which S is excluded from M and M is excluded ...
... light of their representation by circles , we may quickly formulate the rules for validity in this type of syllogism and see the reasons for them . Notice , first , that those combinations in which S is excluded from M and M is excluded ...
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... light was excluded no starch was formed ; the single cir- cumstance of readmitting light , however , was followed by the renewed formation of starch . To increase even the certainty which this experiment seemed to justify , he covered ...
... light was excluded no starch was formed ; the single cir- cumstance of readmitting light , however , was followed by the renewed formation of starch . To increase even the certainty which this experiment seemed to justify , he covered ...
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... light traveling by different paths from the same source meet again . The assumption once more is that when other conditions remain constant , the difference arising from an experimentally determined difference is connected with it ...
... light traveling by different paths from the same source meet again . The assumption once more is that when other conditions remain constant , the difference arising from an experimentally determined difference is connected with it ...
Contents
THINKING AND RIGHT THINKING | 3 |
REFLECTIVE THINKING AND ITS ALTERNATIVES | 18 |
HINDRANCES AND AIDS TO RIGHT THINKING | 31 |
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