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Old 25th November 2012, 06:21 PM   #119
tsig
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Originally Posted by TeapotCavalry View Post
I would say (scientific) reasoning is not based on experiments and facts, but is applied to experiments and facts. It is based on ideas (deduction, induction), syntax (logic) and axioms (laws of thought). Philosophy identifies and describes these things.
I thought that's what a dictionary does.
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