Present Philosophical Tendencies: A Critical Survey of Naturalism, Idealism, Pragmatism, and Realism Together with a Synopsis of the Philosophy of William James, Page 464"To avoid any misunderstanding as to the scope of the present book, let me say at the outset that with the exception of the Appendix, it is a critique, rather than a history. I have attempted not merely to summarize, but to estimate, present philosophical tendencies; and my criticism is throughout based on the realistic philosophy which I set forth constructively only at the end"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved). |
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... practical risk in the exposure of belief to the variability of theory , that risk will be peculiarly great in the case of philosophy . And there is also a peculiar liability to confusion here , because theoretical philosophy has never ...
... practical risk in the exposure of belief to the variability of theory , that risk will be peculiarly great in the case of philosophy . And there is also a peculiar liability to confusion here , because theoretical philosophy has never ...
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... practical orienta- tion that dominated the imagination and justified the plans of Christendom . Never in the history of European civ- ilization has common sense been so comprehensive and so highly unified as it was in Galileo's day ...
... practical orienta- tion that dominated the imagination and justified the plans of Christendom . Never in the history of European civ- ilization has common sense been so comprehensive and so highly unified as it was in Galileo's day ...
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... practical purposes now their world , in which they had built their home and laid their plans , and which was endeared to them by every tradition and association . Surely , whatever the Inquisi- tion may have been guilty of , it was not ...
... practical purposes now their world , in which they had built their home and laid their plans , and which was endeared to them by every tradition and association . Surely , whatever the Inquisi- tion may have been guilty of , it was not ...
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... practical purposes to adhere steadfastly even to doubtful opinions , once they are adopted ; " imitating in this the example of travellers who , when they have lost their way in a forest , ought not to wander from side to side , far ...
... practical purposes to adhere steadfastly even to doubtful opinions , once they are adopted ; " imitating in this the example of travellers who , when they have lost their way in a forest , ought not to wander from side to side , far ...
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... practical doubt . When the transition is made from believing to theorizing , the loss is certain ; and he who lightly encour- ages such a transition is guilty of recklessness and irrespon- sibility . It is a grave matter to substitute ...
... practical doubt . When the transition is made from believing to theorizing , the loss is certain ; and he who lightly encour- ages such a transition is guilty of recklessness and irrespon- sibility . It is a grave matter to substitute ...
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