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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 3. Pure Reason

3651	Perceiving necessary connections is the essence of reasoning [Bonjour]
	Full Idea: If one never in fact grasps any necessary connections between anything, it is hard to see what reasoning could possible amount to.
	From: Laurence Bonjour (In Defence of Pure Reason [1998], §4.3)

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

3700	Coherence can't be validated by appeal to coherence [Bonjour]
	Full Idea: The epistemic authority of coherence cannot itself be established by appeal to coherence.
	From: Laurence Bonjour (In Defence of Pure Reason [1998], §3.7 n50)
	A reaction: The standard approach amongs modern philosophers (following, I think, Kripke) is to insist on 'intuition' as basic, despite all its problems. I have no better suggestion.