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How many students, for example, were rendered callous to ideas, and how many
lost the impetus to learn because of the way in which learning was experienced
by them? How many acquired special skills by means of automatic drill so that ...
How many students, for example, were rendered callous to ideas, and how many
lost the impetus to learn because of the way in which learning was experienced
by them? How many acquired special skills by means of automatic drill so that ...
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The difference between civilization and savagery, to take an example on a large
scale, is found in the degree in which previous experiences have changed the
objective conditions under which subsequent experiences take place.
The difference between civilization and savagery, to take an example on a large
scale, is found in the degree in which previous experiences have changed the
objective conditions under which subsequent experiences take place.
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We have still to learn from the example of the Greeks who saw clearly the relation
between a sound body and a sound mind. But in all the respects mentioned
freedom of outward action is a means to freedom of judgment and of power to
carry ...
We have still to learn from the example of the Greeks who saw clearly the relation
between a sound body and a sound mind. But in all the respects mentioned
freedom of outward action is a means to freedom of judgment and of power to
carry ...
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Contents
THE NEED OF A THEORY OF EX PERIENCE | 12 |
CRITERIA OF EXPERIENCE | 23 |
SOCIAL CONTROL | 53 |
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