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Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Jack Joslin and Francis Hutcheson

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason

6253	Reason is our power of finding out true propositions [Hutcheson]
	Full Idea: Reason is our power of finding out true propositions.
	From: Francis Hutcheson (Treatise 4: The Moral Sense [1728], §I)
	A reaction: This strikes me as a very good definition. I don't see how you can define reason without mentioning truth, and you can't believe in reason if you don't believe in truth. The concept of reason entails the concept of a good reason.