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... ( Philosophy ) * Thomas S. Hall ( Zoology ) Frederick Hartt ( Art and Archeology ) Werner Hochwald ( Economics ) Merle Kling ( Political Science ) Stuart Queen ( Sociology ) Richard Rudner ( Philosophy ) Robert Schmitz ( English ) Huston ...
... ( Philosophy ) * Thomas S. Hall ( Zoology ) Frederick Hartt ( Art and Archeology ) Werner Hochwald ( Economics ) Merle Kling ( Political Science ) Stuart Queen ( Sociology ) Richard Rudner ( Philosophy ) Robert Schmitz ( English ) Huston ...
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... philosophy — a clean - cut conception of what the world is like and what life is about , which conception , whether true or not , is at least completely be- lieved . Such a single philosophy was precisely what those whose thoughts lie ...
... philosophy — a clean - cut conception of what the world is like and what life is about , which conception , whether true or not , is at least completely be- lieved . Such a single philosophy was precisely what those whose thoughts lie ...
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... philosophy of progress , which envisions a cumulating rationality in all phases of culture . This philosophy took hold in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , but today commands much less confidence . Not merely philosophers but ...
... philosophy of progress , which envisions a cumulating rationality in all phases of culture . This philosophy took hold in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , but today commands much less confidence . Not merely philosophers but ...
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PART | 5 |
OBJECTIVITY VERSUS COMMITMENT | 30 |
FREEDOM VERSUS AUTHORITY | 59 |
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