Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Scientific Explanation', 'Preface to Universal Characteristic' and 'Freedom and Action'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy

2118	All other human gifts can harm us, but not correct reasoning [Leibniz]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity

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

20. Action / A. Definition of Action / 1. Action Theory

20062

If a desire leads to a satisfactory result by an odd route, the causal theory looks wrong [Chisholm]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / c. Agent causation

20054

There has to be a brain event which is not caused by another event, but by the agent [Chisholm]