Principles and Problems of Right Thinking: A Textbook for Logic, Reflective Thinking, and Orientation CoursesHarper & brothers, 1931 - 529 pages |
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... situation that acquired habits enable us to meet its de- mands without conscious effort , as when we grasp in ... situation require ; as be- tween remaining iron and becoming rust it shows no preference . The learning of an animal , on ...
... situation that acquired habits enable us to meet its de- mands without conscious effort , as when we grasp in ... situation require ; as be- tween remaining iron and becoming rust it shows no preference . The learning of an animal , on ...
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... situation , and instead of surveying his fix and comparing alternatives he at once begins to do some- thing . He is too impulsive to stop and think , he must bring into play his overt responses one after another , till the successful ...
... situation , and instead of surveying his fix and comparing alternatives he at once begins to do some- thing . He is too impulsive to stop and think , he must bring into play his overt responses one after another , till the successful ...
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... situation which he cannot wholly analyze in terms of familiar factors . His reflective knowl- edge and adaptation are , therefore , never complete . The chemist experimenting with elements he has never known combined , the boy facing a ...
... situation which he cannot wholly analyze in terms of familiar factors . His reflective knowl- edge and adaptation are , therefore , never complete . The chemist experimenting with elements he has never known combined , the boy facing a ...
Contents
THINKING AND RIGHT THINKING | 3 |
REFLECTIVE THINKING AND ITS ALTERNATIVES | 18 |
HINDRANCES AND AIDS TO RIGHT THINKING | 31 |
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