Principles and Problems of Right Thinking

by Edwin Arthur Burtt

This is a textbook for logic, reflective thinking and orientation courses. The situation with respect to the teaching of logic has today become nothing short of chaotic. Everybody finds the subjects that used to be discussed under the name of logic desperately unsatisfactory, particularly for the purposes of the elementary course, but few are clear as to the direction in which we ought to advance and those who have come to a definite conclusion find themselves seriously frustrated when they seek appropriate textbook material to place in the hands of their students. This textbook attempts to solve these problems.

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First published January 1, 1931

About the author

Edwin Arthur Burtt (1892 – September 6, 1989) was an American philosopher who wrote extensively on the philosophy of religion. His doctoral thesis published as a book under the title The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science has had a significant influence upon the history of science that is not generally recognized, according to H. Floris Cohen. He was educated at Yale University, Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University. He became the prestigious Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University in 1941. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Ar...)