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Ideas for 'Philosophy of Mathematics', 'Potentiality' 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 / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

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Coherence is a primitive, intuitive notion, not reduced to something formal [Shapiro]

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 / 7. Contextual Definition

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An 'implicit definition' gives a direct description of the relations of an entity [Shapiro]

2. Reason / E. Argument / 1. Argument

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Slippery slope arguments are challenges to show where a non-arbitrary boundary lies [Vetter]