Principles and Problems of Right Thinking: A Textbook for Logic, Reflective Thinking, and Orientation CoursesHarper & brothers, 1931 - 529 pages |
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... method sence of one by the absence of the other . We may call this the of Observational Method of Agreement , indicating thus that the agree- two events are observed to agree in one being present or absent when the other is . ment ( 2 ) ...
... method sence of one by the absence of the other . We may call this the of Observational Method of Agreement , indicating thus that the agree- two events are observed to agree in one being present or absent when the other is . ment ( 2 ) ...
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... method of controlled experiment is in the main inapplica- ble where conjunctions of this type are in question . This is obviously the case with social phenomena , and in dealing with inorganic material methods of full experimental ...
... method of controlled experiment is in the main inapplica- ble where conjunctions of this type are in question . This is obviously the case with social phenomena , and in dealing with inorganic material methods of full experimental ...
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... method of difference he stated thus : If an instance in which the phenomenon under investigation occurs , and an instance in which it does not occur , have every circumstance in common save one , that one occurring only in the former ...
... method of difference he stated thus : If an instance in which the phenomenon under investigation occurs , and an instance in which it does not occur , have every circumstance in common save one , that one occurring only in the former ...
Contents
THINKING AND RIGHT THINKING | 3 |
REFLECTIVE THINKING AND ITS ALTERNATIVES | 18 |
HINDRANCES AND AIDS TO RIGHT THINKING | 31 |
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