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Ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Statesman' and 'Inference to the Best Explanation (2nd)'

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

16841

Good inference has mechanism, precision, scope, simplicity, fertility and background fit [Lipton]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason

5969	Chrysippus said the uncaused is non-existent [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 4. Contraries

16854

Contrary pairs entail contradictions; one member entails negation of the other [Lipton]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 2. Aims of Definition

16125

To reveal a nature, divide down, and strip away what it has in common with other things [Plato]

16124

No one wants to define 'weaving' just for the sake of weaving [Plato]