An Introduction to Reflective ThinkingHoughton Mifflin, 1923 - 351 páginas |
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... ment of the different subject - matters by advice from colleagues . Among the many who have advised , especial thanks are due Professors John Dewey , F. J. E. Wood- bridge , W. T. Bush , and A. L. Jones , of the Department of Philosophy ...
... ment of the different subject - matters by advice from colleagues . Among the many who have advised , especial thanks are due Professors John Dewey , F. J. E. Wood- bridge , W. T. Bush , and A. L. Jones , of the Department of Philosophy ...
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... ment that the trained observer is one who knows his field through and through . The young physician in the clinic marvels at the things which his chief sees and looks for . But his chief sees with his mind's eye , and the young ...
... ment that the trained observer is one who knows his field through and through . The young physician in the clinic marvels at the things which his chief sees and looks for . But his chief sees with his mind's eye , and the young ...
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... ments of these points of light , we shall have to note just what these courses appear to be . The moon , while sharing in the daily rotation of the 50m . 40m . 30m . 20m . 10m . XII H. THE EQUATOR April 30 May 14 May 28 Virgo Noy April ...
... ments of these points of light , we shall have to note just what these courses appear to be . The moon , while sharing in the daily rotation of the 50m . 40m . 30m . 20m . 10m . XII H. THE EQUATOR April 30 May 14 May 28 Virgo Noy April ...
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... a great actual sphere of crystal , the whole series being included in an outer opaque sphere to which were attached the stars , and by whose move- ments the whole eight concentric spheres were kept ro- tating DEVELOPMENT OF HYPOTHESES 43.
... a great actual sphere of crystal , the whole series being included in an outer opaque sphere to which were attached the stars , and by whose move- ments the whole eight concentric spheres were kept ro- tating DEVELOPMENT OF HYPOTHESES 43.
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Laurance Ladd Buermeyer, University of Columbia Associates in Philosophy. ments the whole eight concentric spheres were kept ro- tating . Such a fanciful conception had obviously lit- tle but superficial similarity to the scientific ...
Laurance Ladd Buermeyer, University of Columbia Associates in Philosophy. ments the whole eight concentric spheres were kept ro- tating . Such a fanciful conception had obviously lit- tle but superficial similarity to the scientific ...
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Página 61 - If an instance in which the phenomenon under investigation occurs, and an instance in which it does not occur, have every circumstance in common save one, that one occurring only in the former; the circumstance in which alone the two instances differ is the effect, or the cause, or an indispensable part of the cause, of the phenomenon.
Página 171 - It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question. The other party to the comparison knows both sides.
Página 171 - Few human creatures would consent to be changed into any of the lower animals for a promise of the fullest allowance of a beast's pleasures ; no intelligent human being would consent to be a fool, no instructed person would be an ignoramus, no person of feeling and conscience would be selfish and base, even though they should be persuaded that the fool...
Página 61 - If two or more instances in which the phenomenon occurs have only one circumstance in common, while two or more instances in which it does not occur have nothing in common save the absence of that circumstance, the circumstance in which alone the two sets of instances differ is the effect, or the cause, or an indispensable part of the cause, of the phenomenon.
Página 43 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Página 61 - Whatever phenomenon varies in any manner, whenever another phenomenon varies in some particular manner, is either a cause or an effect of that phenomenon, or is connected with it through some fact of causation.
Página 96 - It is hardly necessary to add, that any thing which any insulated body, or system of bodies, can continue to furnish without limitation, cannot possibly be a material substance...
Página 217 - When a health law is challenged in the courts as unconstitutional, on the ground that it arbitrarily interferes with personal liberty and private property without due process of law, the courts must be able to see that it has at least in fact some relation to the public health, that the public health is the end actually aimed at, and that it is appropriate and adapted to that end.
Página 153 - Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions can be based only upon public utility. 2. The aim of every political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.
Página 171 - ... no intelligent human being would consent to be a fool, no instructed person would be an ignoramus, no person of feeling and conscience would be selfish and base, even though they should be persuaded that the fool, the dunce, or the rascal is better satisfied with his lot than they are with theirs.