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Ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'The View from Nowhere' and 'Rationality in Action'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason

3811	Entailment and validity are relations, but inference is a human activity [Searle]

3822	Theory involves accepting conclusions, and so is a special case of practical reason [Searle]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity

3248	Realism invites scepticism because it claims to be objective [Nagel]

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Views are objective if they don't rely on a person's character, social position or species [Nagel]

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Things cause perceptions, properties have other effects, hence we reach a 'view from nowhere' [Nagel, by Reiss/Sprenger]

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

3812	Rationality is the way we coordinate our intentionality [Searle]

3806	Rationality is built into the intentionality of the mind, and its means of expression [Searle]