... speeches, that we should cultivate the habit of thinking of what we are doing. The precise opposite is the case. Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them. Operations of... An Introduction to Mathematics - 61. lappuseautors: Alfred North Whitehead - 1911 - 256 lapasPilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
| Paul Carus - 1914 - 666 lapas
...battle they are strictly 'Home University Library, London and New York,' 1911, p. 59. "Ibid., p. 61. limited in number, they require fresh horses, and must only be made at decisive moments." V. In a little book entitled The Principles of Electricity, which has been lately written by Mr. Campbell... | |
| 1923 - 878 lapas
...perform without thinking of them. Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle they are strictly limited in number they require fresh...horses, and must only be made at decisive moments.' Proposal for Division of Services , . . .. Months This is an admirable apology for routine as Medical,... | |
| Sir William Cecil Dampier Dampier - 1925 - 104 lapas
...perform without thinking about them. Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle they are strictly limited in number, they require fresh...horses, and must only be made at decisive moments." 1 Now, all this intuitive knowledge, whether expressed in words or symbols, is not knowledge about... | |
| Stephen E. Gottlieb - 1993 - 300 lapas
...without thinking about them. Operations of thought are likely cavalry charges in a battle they are strictly limited in number, they require fresh horses, and must only be made at decisive moments.34 Of course, this is not to say that cavalry charges are never necessary, that operations... | |
| Thomas William Körner - 1996 - 548 lapas
...perform without thinking about them. Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in battle they are strictly limited in number, they require fresh...horses, and must only be made at decisive moments. Mathematicians should only use thought as a weapon of last resort. It is too valuable to waste on what... | |
| Fred B. Schneider - 1997 - 498 lapas
...perform without thinking about them. Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle they are strictly limited in number, they require fresh...horses, and must only be made at decisive moments. Alfred North Whitehead, An Introduction to Mathematics So much of today's software depends on concurrent... | |
| David L. Sills, Robert King Merton - 2000 - 466 lapas
...perform without thinking about them. Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle they are strictly limited in number, they require fresh...horses, and must only be made at decisive moments. An Introduction to Mathematics 1911:61. To come very near to a true theory, and to grasp its precise... | |
| J. H. Woodger - 2000 - 528 lapas
...to think independently. But : ' Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle they are strictly limited in number, they require fresh horses, and must only be made at decisive moments.'1 That is one reason why people prefer to go on using Descartes' thoughts, rather than seek... | |
| Ulrich Witt - 2001 - 218 lapas
...the source '- As Whitehead adds: "Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle - they are strictly limited in number, they require fresh...horses, and must only be made at decisive moments." I am indebted to both Brian Loasby and Bhaven Sampat for directing me to the original source of this... | |
| Stephan Fuchs - 2009 - 416 lapas
...CHAPTER 3 Cultural Rationality Operations of thought are like cavalry changes in a battle they are strictly limited in number, they require fresh...horses, and must only be made at decisive moments. Alfred North Whitehead Depending on ideological tastes and political affiliations, "rationality"... | |
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