Combining Philosophers

Ideas for B Hale / C Wright, Peter Lipton and Thomas Hofweber

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason

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Good inference has mechanism, precision, scope, simplicity, fertility and background fit [Lipton]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 4. Contraries

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Contrary pairs entail contradictions; one member entails negation of the other [Lipton]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 1. Fallacy

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It is a fallacy to explain the obscure with the even more obscure [Hale/Wright]