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21practical reason — (in Kantian ethics) reason applied to the problem of action and choice, esp. in ethical matters. [1895 1900] * * * Rational capacity by which (rational) agents guide their conduct. In Immanuel Kant s moral philosophy, it is defined as the… …
22Principle of sufficient reason — The principle of sufficient reason (also called the Causal Doctrine) states that anything that happens does so for a definite reason. In virtue of which no fact can be real or no statement true unless it has sufficient reason why it should be… …
23Lazy Reason — is a pejorative name for a logical argument which holds that since all events are predestined, it is not necessary to carefully deliberate about one s actions. Determinism is the philosophical proposition that every event, including human… …
24Age of Reason — • The name given to that period of human life at which persons are deemed to begin to be morally responsible Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Age of Reason Age of Reason …
25The Instance of the Letter in the Unconscious, or Reason Since Freud — is an essay by the psychoanalytic theorist Jacques Lacan, originally delivered as a talk on May 9, 1957 and later published in Lacan s 1966 book Écrits .Lacan begins the essay by declaring it to be situated halfway between speech and writing. By… …
26Age of reason (canon law) — The age of reason, also called the age of discretion, is the age at which children become capable of moral responsibility. On completion of the seventh year a minor is presumed to have the use of reason (canon 97 §2 of the Code of Canon Law), but …
27To stand to reason — Stand Stand (st[a^]nd), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stood} (st[oo^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Standing}.] [OE. standen; AS. standan; akin to OFries. stonda, st[=a]n, D. staan, OS. standan, st[=a]n, OHG. stantan, st[=a]n, G. stehen, Icel. standa, Dan. staae,… …
28National Center for Reason and Justice — The National Center for Reason and Justice is a United States national non profit organization disseminating information to the public about claims of injustice in the current criminal justice system and facilitating financial and legal… …
29Mundane reason — The basic premise of the concept of mundane reason is that the standard assumptions about reality that people typically make as they go about day to day, including the very fact that they experience their reality as perfectly natural, are… …
30CB reason — A code which identifies a description, defined according Central bank rules …
