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This latter process is itself dependent upon possession of some kind of linguistic sign system — for we must remember that mathematical symbols are also a kind of language . The Means - Consequence Relation and Its Educational ...
This latter process is itself dependent upon possession of some kind of linguistic sign system — for we must remember that mathematical symbols are also a kind of language . The Means - Consequence Relation and Its Educational ...
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We see an object that looks strange ; we are told that it is the kind of bed used by a certain folk . The thing in question is no longer unfamiliar in meaning ; to us its significance is settled . They Enable Us to Generalize .
We see an object that looks strange ; we are told that it is the kind of bed used by a certain folk . The thing in question is no longer unfamiliar in meaning ; to us its significance is settled . They Enable Us to Generalize .
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And further we must believe that these worlds were neither created all of necessity with one configuration nor yet with every kind of shape . Furthermore , we must believe that in all worlds there are living creatures and plants and ...
And further we must believe that these worlds were neither created all of necessity with one configuration nor yet with every kind of shape . Furthermore , we must believe that in all worlds there are living creatures and plants and ...
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JOHN ERSKINE | 1 |
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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 | 644 pages |
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