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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Russell's Metaphysical Logic' and 'Inference to the Best Explanation (2nd)'

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

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Good inference has mechanism, precision, scope, simplicity, fertility and background fit [Lipton]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 4. Contraries

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Contrary pairs entail contradictions; one member entails negation of the other [Lipton]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 8. Impredicative Definition

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'Impredictative' definitions fix a class in terms of the greater class to which it belongs [Linsky,B]