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Full Idea
A state of 'reflective equilibrium' is when our theory and our intuitions become completely aligned
Gist of Idea
We reach 'reflective equilibrium' when intuitions and theory completely align
Source
Jennifer Fisher (On the Philosophy of Logic [2008], 12.IV)
Book Ref
Fisher,Jennifer: 'On the Philosophy of Logic' [Thomson Wadsworth 2008], p.187
A Reaction
[Rawls made this concept famous] This is a helpful concept in trying to spell out the ideal which is the dream of believers in 'pure reason' - that there is a goal in which everything comes right. The problem is when people have different intuitions!
| 8946 | We could make our intuitions about heaps precise with a million-valued logic [Fisher] |
| 8941 | We can't explain 'possibility' in terms of 'possible' worlds [Fisher] |
| 8943 | Three-valued logic says excluded middle and non-contradition are not tautologies [Fisher] |
| 8945 | Fuzzy logic has many truth values, ranging in fractions from 0 to 1 [Fisher] |
| 8944 | Vagueness can involve components (like baldness), or not (like boredom) [Fisher] |
| 8947 | If all truths are implied by a falsehood, then not-p might imply both q and not-q [Fisher] |
| 8949 | In relevance logic, conditionals help information to flow from antecedent to consequent [Fisher] |
| 8950 | Logic formalizes how we should reason, but it shouldn't determine whether we are realists [Fisher] |
| 8951 | Classical logic is: excluded middle, non-contradiction, contradictions imply all, disjunctive syllogism [Fisher] |
| 8952 | We reach 'reflective equilibrium' when intuitions and theory completely align [Fisher] |