A Class Room Logic: Deductive and Inductive, with Special Application to the Science and Art of TeachingMcNair, George Hastings
Philosophy
A Class Room Logic: Deductive and Inductive, with Special Application to the Science and Art of Teaching
McNair, George Hastings
Logic
(9) Work which is not drudgery; work which causes the organs of the
body and the powers of the mind to function normally; work which
gives comfort without luxury; work which forces one to the highest
actualization of his physical and spiritual powers is man’s greatest
blessing.
(10) Logically considered personal aggrandizement is not a true
standard of success. Success involves personal worth rather than
personal holding.
Success is measured by man’s ability to help the world on toward better
things.
Success is the right man in the right place doing his best for the
highest good of the world.
=13. REVIEW QUESTIONS.=
(1) What is the ultimate aim of education? Show that logic
contributes to this end.
(2) Prove that man’s power of thought has ever been his best weapon
of conquest.
(3) Exemplify the distinction between non-progressive and progressive
thinking.
(4) Define right thinking. Illustrate.
(5) “A logically-minded man rationalizes every new project before
undertaking it.” Give a concrete instance in explanation of this.
(6) “Chance is a literal confession of ignorance.” Demonstrate this.
(7) Give a mathematical illustration proving that schemes of chance
are simply money making devices for the benefit of those who
project them.
(8) The average gambler must terminate his career behind the game.
Prove this.
(9) Why should high rate of interest imply great risk?
(10) Show that a half truth is a most misleading fallacy.
(11) Illustrate a business sophistry. Explain.
(12) Write a brief theme on “The Rationalization of the Spirit of
Progress.”
(13) Under what conditions may work become man’s greatest blessing?
(14) Define success. Illustrate.
(15) In the light of your definition of success discuss the following:
“The only failure is not to try.”
=14. QUESTIONS FOR ORIGINAL THOUGHT AND INVESTIGATION.=
(1) “To prepare for complete living” is the end of education.
Interpret and discuss this quotation from Spencer.
(2) Mention some discovery or invention which represents the power
of progressive thought.
(3) “Man’s adaptation has been largely intellectual while the
adaptation of the camel has been physical.” Explain.
(4) Interpret the expression, “The son stands upon the shoulders of
the father.”
(5) Illustrate instances where man’s thinking has not been for his
best interests.
(6) Indicate how wrong thinking led to the Civil War.
(7) Distinguish between legitimate speculation and gambling.
(8) Name and explain the logical elements involved in a low rate of
interest.
(9) How may training in right thinking lead to more efficient
citizenship?
(10) “There lies in every soul a history of the universe.” Show the
truth of this.
(11) Show by illustration that imitation is one of nature’s chief
modes of instruction.
(12) Explain the meaning of drudgery.
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