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Does quantum mechanics rule out the principle of sufficient reason?

The Principle of Sufficient Reason is a philosophical principle stipulating that everything must have a reason, cause, or ground. My question is: does quantum mechanics serve as evidence against it as ...
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Does falsificationism claim that all reasoning should be scientific?

Does falsificationism claim that all reasoning should be scientific? I don't think much of philosophy is falsifiable. Does that mean we should abandon it? Should we believe that 'love' doesn't exist, ...
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can 'intuition' or 'instinct' be considered as a part of 'reason'?

For example, if someone believes existence of god as a consequence of intuitive and instinctive thought, can we say he used reason to believe that?
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Missing two syntactical expressions of rules of inference in sentential logic

I have a table of the rules of inference in propositional logic. Among the entries are an Associative and a Commutative. The Associative rule is expressed with disjunction, but the commutative is ...
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Logic of reflective equilibrium

Reflective equilibrium is the simple but compelling concept that a person reflects on conflicts between different beliefs that they hold, and revises their beliefs to reduce the conflicts, or to ...
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What philosophy principles fit with "there is no reason, just position"?

One of the top authors in Asia, Ni Kuang, mentioned, "I don't usually discuss religion or politics in public, because there is no 'reasons' -- there is only 'position'", meaning if you are ...
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speculative deductive reasoning

Is hypothetico-deductive reasoning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothetico-deductive_model and speculative deductive reasoning same ? (speculative deductive reasoning- WE arrive at the explanans ...
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Summary of philosophical positions on how belief revision proceeds in mathematics?

Since mathematicians have embraced classical logic, as e.g. MacFarlane points out in his 2021 intro book to philosophical logic (§ 7.4), one needs to distinguish between [meta-]reasoning and argument/...
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Why is a position without a reason invalid?

A position without a reason is fundamentally a premise, where the premise is simply much more profound than usual. Since every non-trivial argument is based on a subjectively procured premise, it ...
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Is it a fallacy to argue that if something is much much more likely to occur then it is in fact the case?

Is it OK to argue that what is hugely more likely to occur is in fact the case? There seems to be a class of paradox that relies on the idea that what we think is the case is in fact much much less ...
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How does one solve a dilemma between instinct and reason?

Philosophy is often said to expound upon rational instincts that one feels behind things. But what if something happens that results in a conflict between what you find reasonable and what pulls at ...
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Do degrees of reasonableness have an ontological basis?

For example, assume these two propositions. A.) My mother is real B.) The earth is a sphere How does one show, as a matter of fact that believing in A.) is more reasonable than B.)? One may point to B....
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Meaning of falsification in different context

What is the meaning of devil's advocate. Is it same as falsification/falsifiability ? Can we use falsifiability/falsification for abductive reasoning ?
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abductive reasoning in many fields of study

In continuation of the discussion What is the relation between abductive reasoning and fallacy? my question is that if medical science judiciary history all uses abductive reasoning (almost all the ...
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Can we effectively (or at least plausibly) argue from a (3+)-valued set of deontic charges to 3+VL?

Suppose we defined an honest agent as one who intends to focus on stating truths, with liars as those who intend to focus on stating falsehoods. But if there are other relations an agent can bear ...
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Analogical reasoning without language

Can we performs analogical reasoning without language, and if so does that say anything about us? I think so: comparing the feeling in our gut from eating bad food to life at sea. Is that analogical ...
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What is a precise formulation of how people select one association as a high-probability indicator?

Consider there are 2 problems for some given belief. It is claimed that a present state of affairs strongly implies or determines, or makes highly probable, some future state of affairs - some ...
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Modus Ponens false premises

I just started to get into deductive reasoning and was wondering how to prove an argument to be false. In Modus Ponens: If P then Q P thus, Q If I had an argument like this: P1) If you wear a tin ...
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Should the power of an explanation have limited scope?

Should the power of an explanation, especially in science (though I'm interested if this changes anything), have a limited scope? Meaning that in abduction an explanation that explains more isn't ...
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Recent versions of books such as Critique of Pure Reason

I am looking for books which have a critical view on reason and rationality especially in the light of all the new things we currently know in 21st century. In a sense maybe new versions or iterations ...
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Can you explain the following quote: "All evil is good become cancerous"

I am unable to find illustrative examples to satisfy the above-mentioned quote by Isaac Asimov.
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Question about effect

There is an order to the Universe we live in. Roughly speaking, little things affect big things. Not the other way round. This is something you already know: particle physics underlies nuclear and ...
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