Combining Philosophers

Ideas for La Mettrie, Bas C. van Fraassen and Stewart Shapiro

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

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We may end up with a huge theory of carefully constructed falsehoods [Fraassen]

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Coherence is a primitive, intuitive notion, not reduced to something formal [Shapiro]

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

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An 'implicit definition' gives a direct description of the relations of an entity [Shapiro]