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All the ideas for 'The Intentionality of Sensation', 'Rationality' and 'On Cruelty'

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1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 4. Early European Thought

23122

Montaigne was the founding father of liberalism [Montaigne, by Gopnik]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason

6950	You can be rational with undetected or minor inconsistencies [Harman]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

6954	A coherent conceptual scheme contains best explanations of most of your beliefs [Harman]

14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction

6955	Enumerative induction is inference to the best explanation [Harman]

14. Science / C. Induction / 3. Limits of Induction

6952	Induction is 'defeasible', since additional information can invalidate it [Harman]

14. Science / C. Induction / 4. Reason in Induction

6953	All reasoning is inductive, and deduction only concerns implication [Harman]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / b. Qualia and intentionality

7439	The qualities involved in sensations are entirely intentional [Anscombe, by Armstrong]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / a. Rationality

6951	Ordinary rationality is conservative, starting from where your beliefs currently are [Harman]