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'Classical Cosmology (frags)', 'Rationality and Logic' and 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671'
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor
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Anti-Razor: if you can't account for a truth, keep positing things until you can [Pasnau]
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 1. Fallacy
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'Denying the antecedent' fallacy: φ→ψ, ¬φ, so ¬ψ [Hanna]
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'Affirming the consequent' fallacy: φ→ψ, ψ, so φ [Hanna]
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We can list at least fourteen informal fallacies [Hanna]
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity
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Circular arguments are formally valid, though informally inadmissible [Hanna]
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 5. Fallacy of Composition
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Formally, composition and division fallacies occur in mereology [Hanna]
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