Combining Texts

All the ideas for '', 'On the spiritual perfection of life' and 'Tonk, Plonk and Plink'

expand these ideas     |    start again     |     specify just one area for these texts

---

6 ideas

2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic

22102

Arguing with opponents uncovers truths, and restrains falsehoods [Aquinas]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 1. Overview of Logic

11211

If a sound conclusion comes from two errors that cancel out, the path of the argument must matter [Rumfitt]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / a. Logical connectives

11210

Standardly 'and' and 'but' are held to have the same sense by having the same truth table [Rumfitt]

11212

The sense of a connective comes from primitively obvious rules of inference [Rumfitt]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation

17897

Analytic explanation is wholes in terms of parts; synthetic is parts in terms of wholes or contexts [Belnap]

19. Language / F. Communication / 3. Denial

11214

We learn 'not' along with affirmation, by learning to either affirm or deny a sentence [Rumfitt]