On the Province of Methods of Teaching: A Professional Study (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

James H. Hoose

9780484398725: On the Province of Methods of Teaching: A Professional Study (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0484398725 ISBN 13: 9780484398725

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Explore how the mind investigates and understands through the core activities of thinking. This study explains the stages of thought—from judgment to concept to reasoning—and shows how analysis, abstraction, attention, comparison, and synthesis shape our ideas.

Written for students of philosophy and education, the work clarifies how objects and ideas are identified, compared, and unified in thought. It outlines how the mind moves from perceiving parts to grasping whole relations, and it connects these steps to practical ways of teaching and learning. The material presents a clear framework for understanding thinking as a disciplined, progression-driven process.

Definitions of key terms: judgment, proposition, subject, predicate, copula, and terms of thought.
Detailed description of the main mental operations: analysis, abstraction, attention, comparison, and synthesis.
Discussion of how concepts arise from judgments and how reasoning integrates multiple judgments.
Foundational description of how perception and memory contribute to rational thought.

Ideal for readers of philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and educational theory who seek a foundational, accessible account of how thinking works.

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