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Ideas for 'reports', 'The Journals of Kierkegaard' and 'Inference to the Best Explanation (2nd)'

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

16841

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

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason

1800	Sceptics say reason is only an instrument, because reason can only be attacked with reason [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]

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

16854

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