Principles and Problems of Right Thinking: A Textbook for Logic, Reflective Thinking, and Orientation CoursesHarper & brothers, 1931 - 529 pages |
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... noted under the conditions of good observation , for they involve the same variety of situations that careful observation in general must be prepared to grasp . The belief about Johnny's cold , noted above , is a case in point ; such a ...
... noted under the conditions of good observation , for they involve the same variety of situations that careful observation in general must be prepared to grasp . The belief about Johnny's cold , noted above , is a case in point ; such a ...
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... noted . con- Consider first the type of case in which two phenomena are Method connected more frequently than would be true if their relation of deal- were entirely accidental , but whose relation is not universal . Of ing with this ...
... noted . con- Consider first the type of case in which two phenomena are Method connected more frequently than would be true if their relation of deal- were entirely accidental , but whose relation is not universal . Of ing with this ...
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... noted in the last chapter that even a universal relation between two phenomena in the past does not mean certainty that the two will be con- joined in the future . A coefficient of +.5 means a significant positive relation be- tween two ...
... noted in the last chapter that even a universal relation between two phenomena in the past does not mean certainty that the two will be con- joined in the future . A coefficient of +.5 means a significant positive relation be- tween two ...
Contents
THINKING AND RIGHT THINKING | 3 |
REFLECTIVE THINKING AND ITS ALTERNATIVES | 18 |
HINDRANCES AND AIDS TO RIGHT THINKING | 31 |
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