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Dr. Kelly Fitzsimmons Burton

Dr. Kelly Fitzsimmons Burton

Reason in its Use 1.4

When we identify what a thing is, we attempt to grasp its nature — its logos — and to express that thing with words. In identifying and…

2 min readJan 25, 2019

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Dr. Kelly Fitzsimmons Burton

Reason in Its Use 1.3

How is reason related to meaning? Reason is used to test the meaning of concepts, words, judgments, and statements. We understand what…

3 min readJan 20, 2019

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Dr. Kelly Fitzsimmons Burton

Reason in it’s Use (Part 2)

I’d like to circle back to my first post on reason as the laws of thought and connect it to reason in its use. Reason in itself is the…

2 min readJan 17, 2019

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Dr. Kelly Fitzsimmons Burton

Reason in its Use Part 1

In my last post I talked about reason in itself as the laws of thought. These laws are non-fallible first principles. They make thought…

1 min readJan 16, 2019

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Dr. Kelly Fitzsimmons Burton

What is Reason?

As a student and teacher of philosophy, I have been thinking about the definition and nature of reason for about 25 years. I am in the…

1 min readJan 15, 2019

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Dr. Kelly Fitzsimmons Burton

Dr. Kelly Fitzsimmons Burton

Retrieval of classical philosophy and engagement in public philosophical discourse of the True, the Good, and the Beautiful. Teacher, speaker, author.

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