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Ideas for 'Demonstratives', 'The Individuation of Events' and 'In a Critical Condition'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 8. Naturalising Reason

2505	Turing invented the idea of mechanical rationality (just based on syntax) [Fodor]
	Full Idea: The most important thing that has happened in cognitive science was Turing's invention of the notion of mechanical rationality (because some inferences are rational in virtue of the syntax of their sentences).
	From: Jerry A. Fodor (In a Critical Condition [2000], Ch.17)

2. Reason / E. Argument / 2. Transcendental Argument

2470	Transcendental arguments move from knowing Q to knowing P because it depends on Q [Fodor]
	Full Idea: Transcendental arguments ran: "If it weren't that P, we couldn't know (now 'say' or 'think' or 'judge') that Q; and we do know (now…) that Q; therefore P". Old and new arguments tend to be equally unconvincing, because of their empiricist preconceptions.
	From: Jerry A. Fodor (In a Critical Condition [2000], Ch. 3)