Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Scientific Explanation', 'works' and 'Mathematics and Indispensibility'

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4 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason

18241

Sufficient reason is implied by contradiction, of an insufficient possible which exists [Wolff, by Korsgaard]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity

9355	One sort of circularity presupposes a premise, the other presupposes a rule being used [Braithwaite, by Devitt]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems

9558	All scientific tests will verify mathematics, so it is a background, not something being tested [Sober]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question

18242

Confucius shows that ethics can rest on reason, rather than on revelation [Wolff, by Korsgaard]