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... concepts offsets a danger which might attend the other if taken alone . " Relativism " guards against the inflexibility and over- generalization to which any concept of objective values is otherwise prone , while " objective " insures ...
... concepts offsets a danger which might attend the other if taken alone . " Relativism " guards against the inflexibility and over- generalization to which any concept of objective values is otherwise prone , while " objective " insures ...
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... concept has yielded notable re- torical situation - indeed to affirm that as a comparable to determinism , it has earned a scientific discipline - is not the same as to accept • 20 • motives which are generally valuable and should ...
... concept has yielded notable re- torical situation - indeed to affirm that as a comparable to determinism , it has earned a scientific discipline - is not the same as to accept • 20 • motives which are generally valuable and should ...
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... concept of matter any longer offer a clear line for demarcation when in a wink it can take on the amphibious character of energy . Truth to tell , science's concept of the natural world is taking on every day more of the numinous , the ...
... concept of matter any longer offer a clear line for demarcation when in a wink it can take on the amphibious character of energy . Truth to tell , science's concept of the natural world is taking on every day more of the numinous , the ...
Contents
PART | 5 |
OBJECTIVITY VERSUS COMMITMENT | 30 |
FREEDOM VERSUS AUTHORITY | 59 |
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