RIGOROUS THINKING Habits
About AUTHOR: Robert J. Brie.
"Learning to think scientifically or philosophically is not achieved by following courses of methodology; those courses that nowadays are inserted under the pressure of fashion in every university career that nests in our houses of high studies; courses that are frequently received as a pharmaceutical prescriptions for the disorders of logic. .
You learn to work by working.
Thought is learned by thinking, thinking rigorously and with the capacity for
self-judgement.
Introduction. 1
About the attitude of science man. 2
1. Crisis of thinking and capacity for self, independent-judgment. 3
2. The habits. 4
3. The thinking habits. 5
a) The definition habit. 6
b) The distinction habit. 7
c) The relational and causality habit. 8
d) The systematization habit. 9
e) The critique habit. 10
f ) The synthesize habit. 11
4. The Rigorous Thinking Habits acquisition. 12
INTRODUCTION
Must put Ernst Junger's reflections before these pages:"I do not expect any pedagogical results from these notes, nor do I aspire to them. It is impossible to prevent everyone from paying the costs of their apprenticeship. Experiences are better than warnings. However, some situation lights might be useful for this or that young person who dreams of entering the open sea and feels called to it".
These reflections are for those who feel called to the search for truth, for those who dream of entering the beautiful and fascinating adventure of thought, and who seek - with a critical sense - to enter the open sea of ideas.
In certain areas of human life there is no substitute for one's own experience. Intellectual work acquires meaning and full significance when one makes the experience of thinking rigorously. "Learning to think scientifically or philosophically is not achieved by following courses of methodology; those courses that nowadays are inserted under the pressure of fashion in every university career that nests in our houses of high studies;courses that are frequently received as a pharmaceutical prescriptions for the disorders of logic.
By working you learn to work.
Thinking is learned by thinking, rigorously and with the ability to think for oneself.