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Ideas for 'A Discourse on Method', 'Db (ideas)' and 'The Justification of Deduction'

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

3603	Methodical thinking is cautious, analytical, systematic, and panoramic [Descartes, by PG]

2. Reason / E. Argument / 6. Conclusive Proof

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A successful proof requires recognition of truth at every step [Dummett]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 1. Fallacy

4686	Fallacies are errors in reasoning, 'formal' if a clear rule is breached, and 'informal' if more general [PG]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 3. Question Begging

7415	Question-begging assumes the proposition which is being challenged [PG]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity

3612	Clear and distinct conceptions are true because a perfect God exists [Descartes]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 6. Fallacy of Division

7414	What is true of a set is also true of its members [PG]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 7. Ad Hominem

6696	The Ad Hominem Fallacy criticises the speaker rather than the argument [PG]