Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Bryan van Norden, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Jennifer Fisher

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

8952	We reach 'reflective equilibrium' when intuitions and theory completely align [Fisher]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 3. Non-Contradiction

6566	The problem is to explain the role of contradiction in social life [Wittgenstein]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

2939	If a sign is useless it is meaningless; that is the point of Ockham's maxim [Wittgenstein]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / a. Category mistakes

18706

Words of the same kind can be substituted in a proposition without producing nonsense [Wittgenstein]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / b. Category mistake as syntactic

18735

Talking nonsense is not following the rules [Wittgenstein]

18719

Grammar says that saying 'sound is red' is not false, but nonsense [Wittgenstein]