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... human under- standing : in brief , the question of how man is to deal with what William James called , with a phrase that became one of Gardner's favorite quotations , " the buzzing , blooming confusion . " Gardner's works make no ...
... human under- standing : in brief , the question of how man is to deal with what William James called , with a phrase that became one of Gardner's favorite quotations , " the buzzing , blooming confusion . " Gardner's works make no ...
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... human understanding . In asserting such a crucial epistemological function for art , Gardner relies heavily on the concepts of rational morality and the theory of expression , concepts which are explained in Chapters 2 and 3. In these ...
... human understanding . In asserting such a crucial epistemological function for art , Gardner relies heavily on the concepts of rational morality and the theory of expression , concepts which are explained in Chapters 2 and 3. In these ...
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... human dilemmas with a view to finding what conduct , attitudes , and emotions are most likely to further the development of civilization , the artist instructs through a truthful examination of the alternatives before us : the absurdist ...
... human dilemmas with a view to finding what conduct , attitudes , and emotions are most likely to further the development of civilization , the artist instructs through a truthful examination of the alternatives before us : the absurdist ...
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