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But even if we cannot always see a reason perhaps because the chain of reasoning is long and subtle, leibniz asserted, god can see the reason. What science, mathematics and logic cannot tell us. As for reason, it both powerful and limited, but it is not all we have. What science, mathematics and logic cannot tell us find, read and. Yanofsky provides an entertaining and informative whirlwind trip through limits on reason in language, formal logic, mathematics.
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