Combining Philosophers

Ideas for William James, Arnauld / Nicole and Jerry A. Fodor

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity
22648 A single explanation must have a single point of view [James]
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 / 3. Non-Contradiction
22642 Man has an intense natural interest in the consistency of his own thinking [James]
2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor
22644 Our greatest pleasure is the economy of reducing chaotic facts to one single fact [James]
2. Reason / D. Definition / 13. Against Definition
12619 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]