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Taxonomy of Reason
How many types of reasoning are there? It seems to me that there are only three that spoken of frequently. Is it only deductive, inductive, and abductive, and rest can be derived from them or should ...
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Is an idea stronger with many reasoning chains or only one solid chain?
I wonder if a conclusion or idea becomes more robust when it is supported by many different reasoning chains, or if only one strong chain is enough.
For example, in daily life when I want to decide if ...
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Why sometimes we need very long chains of reasoning [closed]
Sometimes I wonder if we have lost patience for slow thinking. Some philosophers remind me of mathematicians: they do not rush, they build long chains of reasoning step by step. Each step feels small, ...
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Is there a middle ground between demonstrative and probabilistic reasoning?
There are certain things that I feel confident of, things that I feel confident of almost in a demonstrative sense, and yet I find it troubling to articulate it in that matter. It is hard to come up ...
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Clarification on C.S. Lewis' view on faith and evidence
I am seeking to understand C.S. Lewis’ view on, and definition of, faith and evidence. I am asking in particular in relation to this piece:
Still, there persists a definition of “faith” as inherently ...
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Does reason itself presuppose cause-effect and intelligibility? - Seeking citation
It seems that reason presupposes cause-effect and intelligibility.
Without the if/then of reason there is no "and so" of cause-effect. So reason seems (in a way) tautological of cause-effect....
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How close is philosophy to mysticism?
Insights occur to both the mystic and the philosopher, what makes these insights occur differently to each.
Is a mystic capable of contemplation after receiving direct insight.
What are the core ...
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Can recalcitrant desires be reduced to contradictory beliefs, or do they reveal something non-cognitive about desire?
In his paper Why Desires are Not Beliefs, Michiel Esseling critically engages with Alex Gregory’s “Desire-as-Belief” (DAB) thesis the view that desires are a subset of beliefs, namely, beliefs about ...
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Are there writings on a similar thought about impetus being more primary than reason?
In my search for a deductive epistemology, attempting to reduce bias and presupposition regarding foundational questions for the purpose of rationally comparing and contrasting core belief systems (...
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What is the difference between reason and rationality?
What is the difference between reason and rationality?
Is there an example of something resulting from the use of reason that is not rational? Is there an example of something resulting from the use ...
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Explain the nomative-theory meaning of “all-things-considered” to a high school philosophy student?
'The term "all things considered" does indeed have a semi-technical sense in normative theory.' How would you define “all things considered”, a nominative absolute, to a 16 year old student? ...
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The argument that all human lives matter [closed]
Do you believe that every life matters? Every human life at least. Let's sideline any other beings just for this argument.
If you do believe that every life matters, does it mean that every life ...
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Camus and the pillar of virtue
I have been reading "The Myth of Sisyphus", and after reading the first 3 chapters cannot help but wonder how Camus' entire philosophy relies heavily on morality and virtuousness.
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Trying to understand 4P26 of Spinoza's Ethics: Why is reason the foundation of virtue?
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All efforts which we make through reason are nothing but efforts to understand, and the mind, in so far as it uses reason, adjudges nothing as profitable to itself ...
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Subject: what is reason? what is the knowledge? [duplicate]
The object of the question of what, is should be human, and the best way to have the right way of thinking is to move away from analyzing the form of human cognition and reinterpret the form of ...
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