Opinion


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1 The different objects of knowledge and opinion, being and becoming, universal and particular, the necessary and the contingent.
2 The difference between the acts and sources of knowing and opining.
3 The influence of the emotions on the formation of opinion, wishful thinking, rationalization, prejudice.
4 The will as cause of assent in acts of opinion.
5 Reasoning and argument concerning matters of opinion, comparison of demonstration and persuasion, principles and assumptions, axioms and postulates.
6 Reason, experience, and authority as sources of opinion.
7 Opinion, knowledge, and truth..
8 The truth of knowledge and of right opinion, their difference with respect to manner of acquisition, stability, and teachability.
9 Certain and probable, adequate and inadequate knowledge, degrees of certitude, modes of assent.
10 The skeptical reduction of human judgments to opinion.
11 Opinion, belief, and faith.
12 Comparison of supernatural or religious faith with science and opinion.
13 Criticism of superstitious or dogmatic belief as opinion without foundation or warrant.
14 Freedom in the sphere of opinion.
15 Rights and duties with respect to the expression of opinion.
16 Advantages and disadvantages of freedom of discussion, the role of a free press.
17 Opinion in the realm of morals.
18 Good and evil as matters of opinion, moral standards as customs or conventions reflecting prevalent opinion.
19 The inexactitude of moral principles as applied to particular cases.
20 The social and political significance of public opinion.
21 The value of the majority opinion, the distinction between matters to be determined by the expert or by a consensus.
22 Majority rule, its merits and dangers, protections against the false weight of numbers.


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