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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason
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Chrysippus said the uncaused is non-existent [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
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'There is nothing without a reason why it should be rather than not be' (a generalisation of 'Why?') [Schopenhauer]
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The Principle of Sufficient Reason does not presuppose that all explanations will be causal explanations [Baggini /Fosl]
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 3. Non-Contradiction
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You cannot rationally deny the principle of non-contradiction, because all reasoning requires it [Baggini /Fosl]
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2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic
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Dialectic aims at unified truth, unlike analysis, which divides into parts [Baggini /Fosl]
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