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Ideas for 'The Fixation of Belief', 'Intention, Plans, and Practical Reason' and 'Gorgias'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason
Reason aims to discover the unknown by thinking about the known [Peirce]
2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 2. Elenchus
We should test one another, by asking and answering questions [Plato]
In "Gorgias" Socrates is confident that his 'elenchus' will decide moral truth [Vlastos on Plato]