 I have mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind a habit of reasoning closely and in train; not that I think it necessary that all men should be deep mathematicians, but that having got the way of reasoning, which that study necessarily brings...  An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - Страница 339по John Locke - 1805 - 510 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Edward Aloysius Pace, Thomas Edward Shields - 1921 - 704 страници
...and opportunity, not so much to make them mathematicians as to make them reasonable creatures. . . . Not that I think it necessary that all men should...it to other parts of knowledge as they shall have occasion."104 Again, "the business of education ... is not, as I think, to make them (the pupils) perfect... | |
 | Edward Aloysius Pace, Thomas Edward Shields - 1922 - 648 страници
...reasonable creatures."244 "I have mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind a habit of reasoning closely, and in train ; not that I think it necessary...mathematicians, but that having got the way of reasoning, every single argument should be managed as a mathematical demonstration, the connection and dependence... | |
 | Peter R. Anstey - 2003 - 232 страници
...because the habits of mathematicians are everywhere of use (p. 222).'° Although he recommends that 'in all sorts of reasoning, every single argument should be managed as a mathematical demonstration' (p. 222), Locke recognises that in probable reasoning a single argument can never be decisive. Nonetheless... | |
 | Paul Schuurman - 2004 - 218 страници
...enable us to reach verdicts on got the way of reasoning which that study necessarily brings the minde to they might be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledg as they shall have occasion.' 3:1 Wolff, Vernünftige Gedanken, p. 171: 'Durch diese Schlüsse... | |
 | Brian Holmes, David G. Scanlon, W. R. Niblett - 2005 - 432 страници
...one's actions within it. The main mechanism of this training in reasoning is to be mathematics '. . . not that I think it necessary that all men should...it to other parts of knowledge as they shall have occasion.'32 What is noticeable about the argument - apart from a transfer of training argument - is... | |
 | Nancy J. Hirschmann, Kirstie M. McClure - 2010 - 352 страници
...flower, requires the learning of substantive subjects such as Greek, Latin, and particularly mathematics: "in all sorts of reasoning, every single argument...should be managed as a mathematical demonstration," though "not so much to make them mathematicians as to make them reasonable creatures."4' And although... | |
 | Nancy J. Hirschmann - 2008 - 352 страници
...flower, requires the learning of substantive subjects such as Greek, Latin, and particularly mathematics: "in all sorts of reasoning, every single argument...should be managed as a mathematical demonstration," though "not so much to make them mathematicians as to make them reasonable creatures" (Conduct, sec.... | |
 | 1836 - 1048 страници
...mentioned Mathematics, says he, as a way to settle in the mind a habit of reasoning closely and in a train ; not that I think it necessary that all men...should be managed as a mathematical demonstration." In the opinion of Locke, certainly, an acquaintance with exact science does not unfit one for reasoning... | |
 | James McKeen Cattell, Will Carson Ryan, Raymond Walters - 1922 - 784 страници
...reiterates as follows : I have mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind an habit of reasoning closely and in train; not that I think it necessary...other parts of knowledge as they shall have occasion. The quotations are not cited to make out a case for mental discipline, but they can leave no doubt... | |
 | 1914 - 664 страници
...mathematics, where he even uses the term " transfer." He says children should be taught mathematics so that " having got the way of reasoning, which that...to transfer it to other parts of knowledge as they have occasion." But he sees clearly that this transfer may work for evil as well as good : "A metaphysician... | |
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