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Ideas for 'Logical Properties', 'Change in View: Principles of Reasoning' and 'The Book of Chuang Tzu'

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

19306

It is a principle of reasoning not to clutter your mind with trivialities [Harman]

19304

The rules of reasoning are not the rules of logic [Harman]

19307

If there is a great cost to avoiding inconsistency, we learn to reason our way around it [Harman]

19309

Logic has little relevance to reasoning, except when logical conclusions are immediate [Harman]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason

19303

Implication just accumulates conclusions, but inference may also revise our views [Harman]

2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic

7282	Disagreement means you do not understand at all [Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)]

2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 3. Eristic

7284	If you beat me in argument, does that mean you are right? [Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 1. Definitions

6052	Definitions identify two concepts, so they presuppose identity [McGinn]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 2. Infinite Regress

6064	Regresses are only vicious in the context of an explanation [McGinn]