Principles and Problems of Right Thinking: A Textbook for Logic, Reflective Thinking, and Orientation CoursesHarper & brothers, 1928 - 590 pages |
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... function in reasoning , by such a phrase as : " is the father of . . . " ? Dropping the little word “ is ” for a moment , it is evident that the rest of the phrase per- forms the function of placing one term in a certain relation to ...
... function in reasoning , by such a phrase as : " is the father of . . . " ? Dropping the little word “ is ” for a moment , it is evident that the rest of the phrase per- forms the function of placing one term in a certain relation to ...
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... function Vague and mathe- matical functions CHAPTER ELEVEN THE METHOD OF FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS WHAT is a function ? In the sense in which science uses the term , and in which we may appropriately speak of a functional explanation , it has ...
... function Vague and mathe- matical functions CHAPTER ELEVEN THE METHOD OF FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS WHAT is a function ? In the sense in which science uses the term , and in which we may appropriately speak of a functional explanation , it has ...
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... function to a more limited but far more fruitful conception , that of mathematical function . It is functional ex- planations of this sort that are increasingly seen to mark the maturity of exact science . First we must define a few ...
... function to a more limited but far more fruitful conception , that of mathematical function . It is functional ex- planations of this sort that are increasingly seen to mark the maturity of exact science . First we must define a few ...
Contents
TYPES OF THINKING | 3 |
REFLECTIVE THINKING AND ITS ALTERNATIVES | 21 |
HINDRANCES AND AIDS TO RIGHT THINKING SIL | 51 |
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