Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Paul Thagard, Karl Marx and G. Aldo Antonelli

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity

5297	Whether human thinking can be 'true' must be decided in practice, not theory [Marx]

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

17596

Coherence problems have positive and negative restraints; solutions maximise constraint satisfaction [Thagard]

17597

Coherence is explanatory, deductive, conceptual, analogical, perceptual, and deliberative [Thagard]

17598

Explanatory coherence needs symmetry,explanation,analogy,data priority, contradiction,competition,acceptance [Thagard]

2. Reason / E. Argument / 1. Argument

19115

You can 'rebut' an argument's conclusion, or 'undercut' its premises [Antonelli]