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Ideas for Blaise Pascal, Stephen Mumford and Claude Lvi-Strauss

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason
9429 Many forms of reasoning, such as extrapolation and analogy, are useful but deductively invalid [Mumford]
     Full Idea: There are many forms of reasoning - extrapolation, interpolation, and other arguments from analogy - that are useful but deductively invalid.
     From: Stephen Mumford (Laws in Nature [2004], 04.4)
     A reaction: [He cites Molnar for this]
2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason
6675 The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing [Pascal]
     Full Idea: The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.
     From: Blaise Pascal (Pensées [1662], 423 (277))
     A reaction: This romantic remark has passed into folklore. I am essentially against it, but the role of intuition and instinct are undeniable in both reasoning and ethics. I don't feel inclined, though, to let my heart overrule my reason concerning what exists.