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Ideas for Hermarchus, Gottfried Leibniz and Ned Markosian

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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic

12992	Logic teaches us how to order and connect our thoughts [Leibniz]
	Full Idea: Logic teaches us how to order and connect our thoughts.
	From: Gottfried Leibniz (New Essays on Human Understanding [1704], 3.10)
	A reaction: Leibniz had a higher opinion of logic than contemporaries like Locke. The question is whether logic can actually teach us better order than we could otherwise manage, or whether it just describes what most thinkers do.

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 4. Pure Logic

19370	'Blind thought' is reasoning without recognition of the ingredients of the reasoning [Leibniz, by Arthur,R]
	Full Idea: Leibniz invented the concept of 'blind thought' - reasoning by a manipulation of characters without being able to recognise what each character stands for.
	From: report of Gottfried Leibniz (Towards a Universal Characteristic [1677]) by Richard T.W. Arthur - Leibniz