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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason

19304

The rules of reasoning are not the rules of logic [Harman]

19306

It is a principle of reasoning not to clutter your mind with trivialities [Harman]

19307

If there is a great cost to avoiding inconsistency, we learn to reason our way around it [Harman]

19309

Logic has little relevance to reasoning, except when logical conclusions are immediate [Harman]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason

19303

Implication just accumulates conclusions, but inference may also revise our views [Harman]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

8616	How can multiple statements, none of which is tenable, conjoin to yield a tenable conclusion? [Elgin]

8617	Statements that are consistent, cotenable and supportive are roughly true [Elgin]