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Ideas for 'works', 'Change in View: Principles of Reasoning' and 'Dialogue on human freedom and origin of evil'

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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]

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]

19306

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

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos

1575	For Aristotle logos is essentially the ability to talk rationally about questions of value [Roochnik on Aristotle]

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

1589	Aristotle is the supreme optimist about the ability of logos to explain nature [Roochnik on Aristotle]

19303

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