By reason I suppose I must mean logic, reason itself being the use of it, and the argument the incidental form it takes. — tim wood
Nihilism is the concept of reason separated from the concept of the good. — Stanley Rosen
It's not about reason and good, but about concepts of them - whatever that means. Reason itself a tool — tim wood
with the same moral significance — tim wood
Is his reduceable without too much violence to a few sentences that you could provide, that would make the persuasiveness of his demonstrably clear? — tim wood
Reason for the ancients was not the same as modern reason modeled on mathematics. — Fooloso4
I would hold cause as a kind of reasoning — tim wood
I find presiding over all reason. The capacity to use tools to determine knowledge and winnow it from the chaff of unreason. — tim wood
In any case the substance of the OP is that reason is the engine, and mere belief as any sort of grounds ruinous to its functioning. — tim wood
you're not appealing to the Greek concept of reason but instead to a modern sense of cause which you mistakenly "find" in Aristotle. — tim wood
The principle of sufficient reason states that everything must have a reason or a cause. The modern formulation of the principle is usually attributed to early Enlightenment philosopher Gottfried Leibniz, although the idea was conceived of and utilized by various philosophers who preceded him, including Anaximander, Parmenides, Archimedes, Plato and Aristotle, Cicero, Avicenna, Thomas Aquinas, and Spinoza.
In any case the substance of the OP is that reason is the engine, and mere belief as any sort of grounds ruinous to its functioning. — tim wood
...beer is barley... — tim wood
Valid is as to form, which cares not for content and is perfectly indifferent to it. But no syllogism no matter how valid can prove the moon is made of green cheese. Thus grounds for premises. Point? — tim wood
Does geometry and arithmetic and logic lead to nihilism? — tim wood
Reason then a ground for the good. — tim wood
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