Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Friday, July 3, 2020

Reason - today

reason - Merriam-Webster online
Definition of reason (Entry 1 of 2)
1a : a statement offered in explanation or justification
gave reasons that were quite satisfactory
b : a rational ground or motive
a good reason to act soon
c : a sufficient ground of explanation or of logical defense
especially : something (such as a principle or law) that supports a conclusion or explains a fact
the reasons behind her client's action
d : the thing that makes some fact intelligible : CAUSE
the reason for earthquakes
the real reason why he wanted me to stay
— Graham Greene

2a(1) : the power of comprehending, inferring, or thinking especially in orderly rational ways : INTELLIGENCE
(2) : proper exercise of the mind
(3) : SANITY
b : the sum of the intellectual powers

3 archaic : treatment that affords satisfaction

in reason
: RIGHTLY, JUSTIFIABLY

within reason
: within reasonable limits

with reason
: with good cause

reason verb
Definition of reason (Entry 2 of 2)

intransitive verb

1a obsolete : to take part in conversation, discussion, or argument
b : to talk with another so as to influence actions or opinions
can't reason with them
2 : to use the faculty of reason so as to arrive at conclusions

transitive verb

1 archaic : to justify or support with reasons
2 : to persuade or influence by the use of reason
3 : to discover, formulate, or conclude by the use of reason
a carefully reasoned analysis


GOP Senator: AOC and “Squad” are “The Reason There Are Directions on Shampoo Bottles”

Saturday, May 2, 2020

New York City

Decided to clean the subways at least each day.

1 to 5 am they are providing equivalent bus service.

Saturday, April 18, 2020

REASON - 1964

See How Reason Can Survive The Modern University: The Moral Foundations Of Rationality

For the American Maritain Association meeting at Notre Dame, Oct 19th to 22, 2000, by Dallas Willard.

COLLEGE EDITION OF WEBSTER'S NEW WORLD DICTIONARY OF THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE was copyrighted in 1964.

Mack B. Stokes must be familiar with this definition.

It has 6 numbered noun definitions.

1.  an explanation or justification for an act, idea, etc.
2.  a cause; motive.
3. the ability to think, form judgments, form conclusions, etc.
4.  sound thought or judgment; good sense.
5.  normal mental powers; a sound mind; sanity.
6.  in logic, one of the premises of an argument, especially the minor.

Following these comes

v.i.  1.  to think coherently and logically; draw inferences or conclusions from facts known or assumed.  2.  to argue or talk in a logical way.  v.t.  1.  to analyze; think logically about; think out systematically.  2.  to argue; discuss  3.  to support, justify, etc. with reasons.  4.  to persuade or bring by reasoning (with into or out of)

Thursday, January 2, 2020

Hannah Arendt

According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP), Arendt was in fact a stern defender of constitutionalism and the rule of law, an advocate of fundamental human rights (among which she included not only the right to life, liberty, and freedom of expression, but also the right to action and to opinion), and a critic of all forms of political community based on traditional ties and customs, as well as those based on religious, ethnic, or racial identity.

According to the Course Guidebook for "Why Evil Exists", she studied philosophy with Martin Heidegger, with whom she had an affair, and Karl Jaspers. She became the first female professor to teach at Princeton University.