Chapters on the Art of Thinking: And Other EssaysC. Kegan Paul, 1879 - 393 páginas |
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... observation be employed . Observation , based upon assumptions that include too little , leads also necessarily to error . So chemists , formerly , observing with all exactness the effect of burning , but without knowing that oxygen ...
... observation be employed . Observation , based upon assumptions that include too little , leads also necessarily to error . So chemists , formerly , observing with all exactness the effect of burning , but without knowing that oxygen ...
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... observation carried them to the false conclusion , inevitably the class would divide itself into two portions : one affirming the false conclu- sion because supported by sound reasoning or clear evi- B dence ; the other feeling the ...
... observation carried them to the false conclusion , inevitably the class would divide itself into two portions : one affirming the false conclu- sion because supported by sound reasoning or clear evi- B dence ; the other feeling the ...
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... observation , while there is ignorance in the basis , though they are false , come to us in the form . of truth . Ignorance within imposes on man a false law -the law of thinking according to the appearances : a law he cannot disobey ...
... observation , while there is ignorance in the basis , though they are false , come to us in the form . of truth . Ignorance within imposes on man a false law -the law of thinking according to the appearances : a law he cannot disobey ...
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... observations of perfect honesty and skill , lead to conclu- sions that are intolerable to the reason ; so that strife and doubt arise , and , above all , a suspicion that true knowledge is impossible . It has all the appearance of a ...
... observations of perfect honesty and skill , lead to conclu- sions that are intolerable to the reason ; so that strife and doubt arise , and , above all , a suspicion that true knowledge is impossible . It has all the appearance of a ...
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... observation and reasoning , men have adapted their definitions to that which experience has demanded of them . The truths of geometry are true of the physical world because men have constructed their definitions according to the demands ...
... observation and reasoning , men have adapted their definitions to that which experience has demanded of them . The truths of geometry are true of the physical world because men have constructed their definitions according to the demands ...
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