Comment by contractualist on 01/02/2025 at 22:51 UTC

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View submission: The Principle of Sufficient Reason is Self-Evident and its Criticisms are Self-Defeating (a case for the PSR being the fourth law of logic)

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Sure, but then rejecting the PSR would be purely arbitrary if you don’t have a reason to justify it.

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Comment by Oink_Bang at 01/02/2025 at 22:57 UTC

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Maybe it just seems obviously wrong. Just like modus ponens seems obviously right.

This is not my point of view, to be upfront, but I'm curious what you would say to me if it was. Why can't a rational person maintain that position?

Comment by locklear24 at 02/02/2025 at 00:21 UTC

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It’s purely arbitrary to grant it in the first place. There’s no reason to accept it beyond as a strong heuristic.