The Human Worth of Rigorous Thinking: Essays and Addresses (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Cassius J. Keyser

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330218132 ISBN 13 : 9781330218136

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover how rigorous thought can set minds free.

This collection argues that mathematics and scientific inquiry do more than solve problems—they illuminate understanding and widen human choice. It challenges the idea that value must come only from practical payoff, showing how abstract ideas shape our sense of possibility and illuminate our sense of self. From bold debates about the infinite to reflections on how numbers, space, and logic shape culture, this book invites readers to see science as a path to freedom, not a set of dull rules. It treats mathematics as a living discipline that blends rigorous reasoning with vivid imagination, offering a fresh view of how human intellect grows when ideas are pursued for their own sake.

• Conversations about how mathematical ideas influence philosophy and theology.
• Thoughtful critiques of foundational questions, like the nature of infinity and proof.
• Accessible explanations of abstract concepts, anchored in real-world curiosity.
• A vision of science as a joyful, creative pursuit that empowers rather than narrows.

Ideal for readers who value clear thinking, deep questions, and the ways science and math expand freedom of thought.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The foU owing fifteen essays and addresses have appeared, in the course of the last fifteen years, as articles in various scientific, literary, and philosophical journals. For permission to reprint I have to thank the editors and managers ofT he Columbia University Quarterly, The Columbia University Press, Science, The Educational Review, The Bookman, The Monist, The Hibbert Journal, and The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology andS cientific Methods. The title of the volume indicates its subject. The fact that one of the essays, the initial one, bears the same title is hardly more than a mere coincidence, for all of the discussions deal with the subject in question and nearly all of them deal with it directly, consciously, and in terms. In passii from essay to essay the attentive reader will notice a few repetitions of thought and possibly a few in forms of expression. Such reiterations, which owe their presence to the occasional character of the essays and to the aims and circumstances that originally controlled their composirion, may, it is hoped, be regarded by the charitable reader less as blemishes than as means of emphasizing important considerations. CASSIUS J. KEYSER. A pril 14, 1916.
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Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from The Human Worth of Rigorous Thinking: Essays and Addresses

The following fifteen essays and addresses have appeared, in the course of the last fifteen years, as articles in various scientific, literary, and philosophical journals. For permission to reprint I have to thank the editors and managers of The Columbia University Quarterly, The Columbia University Press, Science, The Educational Review, The Bookman, The Monist, The Hibbert Journal, and The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods.

The title of the volume indicates its subject. The fact that one of the essays, the initial one, bears the same title is hardly more than a mere coincidence, for all of the discussions deal with the subject in question and nearly all of them deal with it directly, consciously, and in terms.

In passing from essay to essay the attentive reader will notice a few repetitions of thought and possibly a few in forms of expression. Such reiterations, which owe their presence to the occasional character of the essays and to the aims and circumstances that originally controlled their composition, may, it is hoped, be regarded by the charitable reader less as blemishes than as means of emphasizing important considerations.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330218132
• ISBN 13: 9781330218136
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 330
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