Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Douglas Lackey, Laurence Bonjour and Bernard Linsky

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 3. Pure Reason

3651	Perceiving necessary connections is the essence of reasoning [Bonjour]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

3700	Coherence can't be validated by appeal to coherence [Bonjour]

8893	For any given area, there seem to be a huge number of possible coherent systems of beliefs [Bonjour]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 7. Contextual Definition

18776

Contextual definitions eliminate descriptions from contexts [Linsky,B]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 8. Impredicative Definition

21704

'Impredictative' definitions fix a class in terms of the greater class to which it belongs [Linsky,B]