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The suggested solutions for the difficulties disclosed by observation form ideas . ... the process of forming the idea or supposed solution is checked by constant cross reference to the conditions observed to be actually present ...
The suggested solutions for the difficulties disclosed by observation form ideas . ... the process of forming the idea or supposed solution is checked by constant cross reference to the conditions observed to be actually present ...
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To grasp “ sphericity ” as an idea , the pupil must first have realized certain confusing features in observed facts and have had the idea of spherical shape suggested to him as a possible way of accounting for such phenomena as tops of ...
To grasp “ sphericity ” as an idea , the pupil must first have realized certain confusing features in observed facts and have had the idea of spherical shape suggested to him as a possible way of accounting for such phenomena as tops of ...
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be compelled to form a new idea of the corner of the room formed by the meeting of two walls and the ceiling , since now ... themselves in a definitely geometrical connection , he is obliged to use mental effort to form ideas of them .
be compelled to form a new idea of the corner of the room formed by the meeting of two walls and the ceiling , since now ... themselves in a definitely geometrical connection , he is obliged to use mental effort to form ideas of them .
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Contents
JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD | 14 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 37 |
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| Title | Gateway to the Great Books: Philosophical essays Volume 10 of Gateway to the Great Books, Robert Maynard Hutchins |
| Editors | Robert Maynard Hutchins, Mortimer Jerome Adler |
| Publisher | Encyclopędia Britannica, 1963 |
| Length | 580 pages |
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