Why Do We Study Mathematics: A Philosophical and Historical Retrospect (Classic Reprint) - Couverture rigide

Thomas J. McCormack

 
9780260041883: Why Do We Study Mathematics: A Philosophical and Historical Retrospect (Classic Reprint)

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The most salient practical feature of all scientific thought is its economic or labor-saving purpose. Even our every-day modes of thinking are impregnated with this trait. Education itself largely consists of the inculcating of ready-made, snap judgments on men and events, on sociology and economics, on politics and history. Prejudice is the supreme type of ready intellectual power; the mightiest weapon in our logical arm ory: it is mental preparedness.

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