The entitlement to believe what on careful reflection seems to be the
case, where there is no reason to doubt it, is the necessary condition
for being able to form any justified beliefs at all. ... The only way to pursue the truth is to consider what seems true, after
careful reflection of a kind appropriate to the subject matter, in
light of all the relevant data, principles, and circumstances.
Thomas Nagel, Listening to Reason (New York Review, October 9, 2014)
A commonplace book: an old-fashioned literary diary for recording interesting items from reading you've done. I use mine to record snippets from reading, conversation and life in general. (The early 2003 entries are from a period some years ago -- before the blog age -- when I tried an online commonplace book as a straight web page.)
Thursday, September 25, 2014
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