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 , the condition of free Negroes . In consider- ing society , ideas must be just as productive as in the study of nature . Thus Franklin's analysis was fruitful in creating a new form of experience , a trade school for Negroes ...
... experience , the condition of free Negroes . In consider- ing society , ideas must be just as productive as in the study of nature . Thus Franklin's analysis was fruitful in creating a new form of experience , a trade school for Negroes ...
Contents
PAGE | 27 |
IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY | 164 |
INVENTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE | 189 |
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