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Cadzao Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

truth-concern

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00"This buckling down to the task of furthering the true as against the false in the big and little affairs of everyday, although it is not highly regarded by the devotee of absolute and abstract Truth, happens to be 01b01u00the kind of truth-concern02u02b00 upon which progress in the attainment of truer beliefs, attitudes, and ideas depends. Truth from this point of view is a collective name for a sum of particular truths, 01b01u00as true as they are and no truer02u02b00. Since the scientific humanist consistently endeavors to improve the standard of the true 01u01b01font00precisely where there is greatest need that this be done02font02b02u00, it should be obvious that truth has a place of unusual honor in scientific humanism."02br
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001. What does "the kind of truth-concern" mean in the context?02br
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002. What does the author mean by "as true as they are and no truer" and by the blue clause?02br
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