Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Melvin Fitting, Stephen P. Schwartz and Ren Descartes
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos
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Descartes impoverished the classical idea of logos, and it no longer covered human experience [Roochnik on Descartes]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason
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The secret of the method is to recognise which thing in a series is the simplest [Descartes]
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Reason says don't assent to uncertain principles, just as much as totally false ones [Descartes]
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Methodical thinking is cautious, analytical, systematic, and panoramic [Descartes, by PG]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity
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One truth leads us to another [Descartes]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 7. Status of Reason
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Since Plato all philosophers have followed the herd, except Descartes, stuck in superficial reason [Nietzsche on Descartes]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 1. Definitions
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The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP]
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity
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I know the truth that God exists and is the author of truth [Descartes]
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It is circular to make truth depend on believing God's existence is true [Arnauld on Descartes]
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Descartes is right that in the Christian view only God can guarantee the reliability of senses [Nietzsche on Descartes]
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Clear and distinct conceptions are true because a perfect God exists [Descartes]
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Once it is clear that there is a God who is no deceiver, I conclude that clear and distinct perceptions must be true [Descartes]
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