Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Correia,F/Schnieder,B, Harr�,R./Madden,E.H. and David Roochnik
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos
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1571
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'Logos' ranges from thought/reasoning, to words, to rational structures outside thought [Roochnik]
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1572
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In the seventeenth century the only acceptable form of logos was technical knowledge [Roochnik]
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1573
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The hallmark of a person with logos is that they give reasons why one opinion is superior to another [Roochnik]
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1592
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Logos cannot refute the relativist, and so must admit that it too is a matter of desire (for truth and agreement) [Roochnik]
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1593
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Human desire has an ordered structure, with logos at the pinnacle [Roochnik]
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1603
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Logos is not unconditionally good, but good if there is another person willing to engage with it [Roochnik]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason
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1598
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We prefer reason or poetry according to whether basics are intelligible or not [Roochnik]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 8. Naturalising Reason
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1584
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Modern science, by aiming for clarity about the external world, has abandoned rationality in the human world [Roochnik]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason
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1599
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Attempts to suspend all presuppositions are hopeless, because a common ground must be agreed for the process [Roochnik]
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1591
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Unfortunately for reason, argument can't be used to establish the value of argument [Roochnik]
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