Man's Place in the Cosmos: And Other EssaysW. Blackwood and sons, 1897 - 308 páginas |
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... character - logical , psychological , and metaphysical or philosophical in the strict sense . That is to say , we study , in the first place , the nature of the reasoning process , or , to be more accurate , the nature of proof or ...
... character - logical , psychological , and metaphysical or philosophical in the strict sense . That is to say , we study , in the first place , the nature of the reasoning process , or , to be more accurate , the nature of proof or ...
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... character of its own . Logic gives a training almost purely abstract or formal , comparable in some respects with the mental discipline of mathematics — a training in clearness of thinking , in accuracy of definition , in appreciation ...
... character of its own . Logic gives a training almost purely abstract or formal , comparable in some respects with the mental discipline of mathematics — a training in clearness of thinking , in accuracy of definition , in appreciation ...
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... his work at the present time . Logic I will pass - over lightly almost with a word because , of the three , its discussions are most technical in character . It appeals , therefore , least to a general audience 42 THE PRESENT POSITION OF.
... his work at the present time . Logic I will pass - over lightly almost with a word because , of the three , its discussions are most technical in character . It appeals , therefore , least to a general audience 42 THE PRESENT POSITION OF.
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... character ; it is a continuation , in a more abstract form , of the grammatical training re- ceived at school . But just this circumstance , that it continues and attaches itself to the studies of the school , gives it a peculiar claim ...
... character ; it is a continuation , in a more abstract form , of the grammatical training re- ceived at school . But just this circumstance , that it continues and attaches itself to the studies of the school , gives it a peculiar claim ...
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... in- creasingly scientific in character , and as the literature of the subject becomes more and more voluminous , the severance between philosophy and psychology must necessarily become more THE PHILOSOPHICAL SCIENCES . 51.
... in- creasingly scientific in character , and as the literature of the subject becomes more and more voluminous , the severance between philosophy and psychology must necessarily become more THE PHILOSOPHICAL SCIENCES . 51.
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