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Nagel I 196
Robert Nozick: evolution-theoretical explanation of human reason. (Naturalistized epistemology). Suggests a reversal of the Kantian depending on the facts of reason.
>Naturalized epistemology, >Naturalized epistemology/Quine.
 Reason is a dependent variable which is formed by the facts".
>Reason/Kant, >Knowledge/Kant.
Nagel I 199
NagelVsNozick: I must be able to believe that the evolutionary explanation is compatible with the proposition that I proceed according to the rules of logic, because they are right - and not only because I am biologically programmed to this behavior. (This also applies to mathematics).
>Evolution, >Logic, >Selection, >Behavior.
 The only form that rational thinking can take, is the insight into the validity of arguments based on what they say.
>Argumentation.

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