The Mind in the Making - The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform by James Harvey Robinson
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[4] Diogenes Laertius, book v. [5] _Reconstruction in Philosophy_. [6] _The Place of Science in Modern Civilization._ [7] _Traite de Sociologie Generale, passim._ The author's term "_derivations_" seems to be his precise way of expressing what we have called the "good" reasons, and his "_residus_" correspond to the "real" reasons. He well says, _"L'homme eprouve le besoin de raisonner, et en outre d'etendre un voile sur ses instincts et sur ses sentiments"_--hence, rationalization. (P. 788.) His aim is to reduce sociology to the "real" reasons. (P. 791.) [8] Recently a re-examination of creative thought has begun as a result of new knowledge which discredits many of the notions formerly held about "reason". See, for example, _Creative Intelligence_, by a group of American philosophic thinkers; John Dewey, _Essays in Experimental Logic_ (both pretty hard books); and Veblen, _The Place of Science in Modern Civilization_. Easier than these and very stimulating are Dewey, _Reconstruction in Philosophy_, and Woodworth, _Dynamic Psychology_. [9] Trotter, _op. cit._, p. 45. The first part of this little volume is excellent. * * * * * |
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