Principles and Problems of Right Thinking: A Textbook for Logic, Reflective Thinking, and Orientation CoursesHarper & brothers, 1931 - 529 pages |
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... measuring itself is a problem in count- ing . If I want to tell a man's girth or height I simply apply the conventionally accepted measure of length and count the num- ber of times it is contained . There are facts , however , in ...
... measuring itself is a problem in count- ing . If I want to tell a man's girth or height I simply apply the conventionally accepted measure of length and count the num- ber of times it is contained . There are facts , however , in ...
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... measuring it accurately ? That the rate of fall was by a continually increasing velocity was already known , ment and was further ... measure the time precisely The hy- pothesis of uni- form ac- celera- tion was HOW SCIENCE PROGRESSES 337.
... measuring it accurately ? That the rate of fall was by a continually increasing velocity was already known , ment and was further ... measure the time precisely The hy- pothesis of uni- form ac- celera- tion was HOW SCIENCE PROGRESSES 337.
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... measure discriminates definitely against products which make up what has been universally considered a program of safe farming . The bill upholds as ideals of American farming the men who grow cotton , corn , rice , swine , tobacco , or ...
... measure discriminates definitely against products which make up what has been universally considered a program of safe farming . The bill upholds as ideals of American farming the men who grow cotton , corn , rice , swine , tobacco , or ...
Contents
THINKING AND RIGHT THINKING | 3 |
REFLECTIVE THINKING AND ITS ALTERNATIVES | 18 |
HINDRANCES AND AIDS TO RIGHT THINKING | 31 |
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