Comment by Oink_Bang on 01/02/2025 at 22:57 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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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?

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Comment by contractualist at 01/02/2025 at 23:00 UTC

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Obviously, explanations exist. As otherwise, there would be no need to answer "why" questions. Our search for underlying explanations presumes those explanations exist. We can say on paper that we don't believe in explanations, but we operate our lives with this presumption of the PSR.