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All the ideas for 'Rationality', 'works' and 'The Bacchae'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

9283	Our ancient beliefs can never be overthrown by subtle arguments [Euripides]

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]

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

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

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression

8120	Objects can be beautiful which express nothing at all, such as the rainbow [Herbart, by Tolstoy]