Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Anaxarchus, Reiss,J/Spreger,J and Gottfried Leibniz
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason
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Reason is the faculty for grasping apriori necessary truths [Leibniz, by Burge]
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A reason is a known truth which leads to assent to some further truth [Leibniz]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 3. Pure Reason
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Reasonings have a natural ordering in God's understanding, but only a temporal order in ours [Leibniz]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason
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The two basics of reasoning are contradiction and sufficient reason [Leibniz]
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For Leibniz rationality is based on non-contradiction and the principle of sufficient reason [Leibniz, by Benardete,JA]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity
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One view says objectivity is making a successful claim which captures the facts [Reiss/Sprenger]
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An absolute scientific picture of reality must not involve sense experience, which is perspectival [Reiss/Sprenger]
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Topic and application involve values, but can evidence and theory choice avoid them? [Reiss/Sprenger]
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The Value-Free Ideal in science avoids contextual values, but embraces epistemic values [Reiss/Sprenger]
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Value-free science needs impartial evaluation, theories asserting facts, and right motivation [Reiss/Sprenger]
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Thermometers depend on the substance used, and none of them are perfect [Reiss/Sprenger]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 7. Status of Reason
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Opposing reason is opposing truth, since reason is a chain of truths [Leibniz]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason
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The universe is infinitely varied, so the Buridan's Ass dilemma could never happen [Leibniz]
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