11 ideas
6950 | You can be rational with undetected or minor inconsistencies [Harman] |
5035 | The two basics of reasoning are contradiction and sufficient reason [Leibniz] |
6954 | A coherent conceptual scheme contains best explanations of most of your beliefs [Harman] |
6955 | Enumerative induction is inference to the best explanation [Harman] |
6952 | Induction is 'defeasible', since additional information can invalidate it [Harman] |
6953 | All reasoning is inductive, and deduction only concerns implication [Harman] |
5038 | Assume that mind and body follow their own laws, but God has harmonised them [Leibniz] |
6951 | Ordinary rationality is conservative, starting from where your beliefs currently are [Harman] |
16713 | Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics [Tertullian] |
6610 | I believe because it is absurd [Tertullian] |
5037 | God doesn't decide that Adam will sin, but that sinful Adam's existence is to be preferred [Leibniz] |