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The Conception of the Infinite, and the Solution of the Mathematical Antinomies: A Study in Psychological Analysis
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The question treated in this little volume is one of no small interest from several quite different points of view. To one interested in lucid and systematic thinking, the tangle of thought which has always obtained in this corner of the philosophic field cannot but be repulsive and irritating. To be told that of two impossible things one must be true; that of the same two lines one may be looked upon as, at pleasure, equal to, less than, or greater than the other, both remaining unchanged; that Achilles, running rapidly, can never over take the tortoise, moving slowly; to be told all this seriously, by men Whose calling it is to think and to teach others to think, is well calculated to bring not merely suspicion but contempt upon speculative thought, and de.
The question treated in this little volume is one of no small interest from several quite different points of view. To one interested in lucid and systematic thinking, the tangle of thought which has always obtained in this corner of the philosophic field cannot but be repulsive and irritating. To be told that of two impossible things one must be true; that of the same two lines one may be looked upon as, at pleasure, equal to, less than, or greater than the other, both remaining unchanged; that Achilles, running rapidly, can never over take the tortoise, moving slowly; to be told all this seriously, by men Whose calling it is to think and to teach others to think, is well calculated to bring not merely suspicion but contempt upon speculative thought, and de.
134 pages, Hardcover
Published March 8, 2018
About the author
George Stuart Fullerton
44 books6 followersGeorge Stuart Fullerton was an American philosopher and psychologist.
He graduated in 1879 from the University of Pennsylvania and in 1884 from Yale Divinity School. In 1904 he was appointed professor of philosophy at Columbia University, and served as head of the department.
He was the host of the first annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in 1892 at the University of Pennsylvania, and the APA's fifth president, in 1896.
In 1914, while he was exchange professor at the University of Vienna, World War I broke out. He was Lecturing at Munich, Germany, when he was imprisoned as a civilian enemy national. He remained imprisoned for four years, until the end of the war, and conditions were so harsh that he returned to the U.S. with his health permanently damaged. Nearly an invalid for the last decade of his life, Fullerton committed suicide at the age of 66.
He graduated in 1879 from the University of Pennsylvania and in 1884 from Yale Divinity School. In 1904 he was appointed professor of philosophy at Columbia University, and served as head of the department.
He was the host of the first annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in 1892 at the University of Pennsylvania, and the APA's fifth president, in 1896.
In 1914, while he was exchange professor at the University of Vienna, World War I broke out. He was Lecturing at Munich, Germany, when he was imprisoned as a civilian enemy national. He remained imprisoned for four years, until the end of the war, and conditions were so harsh that he returned to the U.S. with his health permanently damaged. Nearly an invalid for the last decade of his life, Fullerton committed suicide at the age of 66.
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