Chain 22
From Chains of Reason
All sincerely held beliefs must be the product of logic.
Link 1
- Premise 1
- No one is born holding any beliefs.
- Premise 2
- If no one is born holding any beliefs, then a person must at some point have made a decision to hold all of their sincerely held beliefs.
- Conclusion
- A person must at some point have made a decision to hold all of their sincerely held beliefs. »
Link 2
- Premise 1
- » A person must at some point have made a decision to hold all of their sincerely held beliefs.
- Premise 2
- Any decision is, by definition, the product of a decision-making process.
- Conclusion
- All sincerely held beliefs must be the product of a decision-making process. »
Link 3
- Premise 1
- » All sincerely held beliefs must be the product of a decision-making process.
- Premise 2
- Any decision-making process is a form of reasoning.
- Conclusion
- All sincerely held beliefs must be the product of reasoning. »
Link 4
- Premise 1
- » All sincerely held beliefs must be the product of reasoning.
- Premise 2
- Reasoning is logic performed by the mind.
- Conclusion
- All sincerely held beliefs must be the product of logic.
