Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Jerry A. Fodor, Henry Laycock and John Heil

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 8. Naturalising Reason

2463	A standard naturalist view is realist, externalist, and computationalist, and believes in rationality [Fodor]

2505	Turing invented the idea of mechanical rationality (just based on syntax) [Fodor]

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

7038	A theory with few fundamental principles might still posit a lot of entities [Heil]

7037	Parsimony does not imply the world is simple, but that our theories should try to be [Heil]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 13. Against Definition

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We have no successful definitions, because they all use indefinable words [Fodor]

2. Reason / E. Argument / 2. Transcendental Argument

2470	Transcendental arguments move from knowing Q to knowing P because it depends on Q [Fodor]