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Ideas for 'Nature and Observability of Causal Relations', '(Nonsolipsistic) Conceptual Role Semantics' and 'Thinking About Mathematics'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence
Reasoning aims at increasing explanatory coherence [Harman]
Reason conservatively: stick to your beliefs, and prefer reasoning that preserves most of them [Harman]
2. Reason / D. Definition / 2. Aims of Definition
A correct definition is what can be substituted without loss of meaning [Ducasse]