Benjamin Franklin: His Contribution to the American TraditionBobbs-Merrill, 1953 - 320 pages |
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... experience , whether that experience was the data of experiment in the laboratory or the observation of man's behavior . Reason , operating on these concepts , discovers laws of nature or rules of conduct , which must meet two important ...
... experience , whether that experience was the data of experiment in the laboratory or the observation of man's behavior . Reason , operating on these concepts , discovers laws of nature or rules of conduct , which must meet two important ...
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... experience or at least a new view of some segment of experience . One result of empirical science is a prediction , such as Newton made , of the tides ; the time of tides was observ- able to anyone , but up until the time of Newton no ...
... experience or at least a new view of some segment of experience . One result of empirical science is a prediction , such as Newton made , of the tides ; the time of tides was observ- able to anyone , but up until the time of Newton no ...
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... experience . Franklin's revision of the Declaration of Independence placed the principle that all men are created equal in the category of an axiom , self - evident ; like the laws of motion , it was a principle " deduced " from experience ...
... experience . Franklin's revision of the Declaration of Independence placed the principle that all men are created equal in the category of an axiom , self - evident ; like the laws of motion , it was a principle " deduced " from experience ...
Contents
PAGE | 27 |
INVENTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE | 189 |
THE STYLE OF BEING AMERICAN | 225 |
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