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A lot of medieval scholasticism was just taking the LSAT in reverse

The LSAT does all the writing for you, you just pick the rig...
emerald institution preventive strike
  08/10/26
dont like this because extreme smarts like me take too big s...
blue bawdyhouse
  08/10/26
That's fine, we'll just let you publish in the vernacular so...
emerald institution preventive strike
  08/10/26
can u explain descartes meaning here? and why did the rheto...
blue bawdyhouse
  08/10/26
Butterfly effect of Constantine's conversion
emerald institution preventive strike
  08/10/26
180
shimmering roast beef fat ankles
  08/10/26
In the classroom and in writing, it often takes the form of ...
emerald institution preventive strike
  08/10/26
The last sentence there definitely follows from the rest!
Insecure exhilarant indirect expression crackhouse
  08/10/26
Philosopher Johann Beukes has suggested that from 1349 to 14...
emerald institution preventive strike
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twisted fragrant plaza kitty
  08/10/26
Are you sure? have you read the wikipedia entry for Scholast...
smoky charismatic parlor black woman
  08/10/26
Mastery of syllogistic reasoning was your ticket into the cl...
emerald institution preventive strike
  08/10/26
what
smoky charismatic parlor black woman
  08/10/26
Descartes was saying syllogistic reasoning can't get you to ...
emerald institution preventive strike
  08/10/26
Oh ok cool
smoky charismatic parlor black woman
  08/10/26
cr! x, y, z, ... ... ... it was all the persians
twisted fragrant plaza kitty
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shimmering roast beef fat ankles
  08/10/26
I like how THE LOGIC led St. Augustin to conclude that the s...
orange bat shit crazy center
  08/10/26
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_for_the_Direction_of_the...
emerald institution preventive strike
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Shivering dead karate business firm
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https://i.imgur.com/7OT3nXm.png
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https://i.imgur.com/YbMiOBE.png
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Medieval logic wasn't quite like the logic we know today. I...
Junko Enoshima
  09/11/26
LSAT logic is just as arbitrary in what it considers "f...
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Date: August 10th, 2026 9:18 PM
Author: emerald institution preventive strike

The LSAT does all the writing for you, you just pick the right answer. In medieval dissertations you had to do all the writing, and you had to use LSAT logic to make your points. Your logic had to be tight at each step. It didn't matter what you were writing about, you had to score a 180. There couldn't be any gaps in your reasoning. Even if you were just writing about a medicinal plant from the Dutch Indies, you had to go out of your way to prove your command of formal logic. They did this in the middle east for a long time too. Persians thought you had to show your command of LSAT logic before you could say anything else. Descartes didn't invent nuthin

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891715&forum_id=2:#50059531)



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Date: August 10th, 2026 9:20 PM
Author: blue bawdyhouse

dont like this because extreme smarts like me take too big steps that normals cant rly follow so its unfair

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Date: August 10th, 2026 9:33 PM
Author: emerald institution preventive strike

That's fine, we'll just let you publish in the vernacular so that you'll be the smartest author anyone can pick up and read

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891715&forum_id=2:#50059593)



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Date: August 10th, 2026 9:38 PM
Author: blue bawdyhouse

can u explain descartes meaning here? and why did the rhetoric ppl all study religion if they are suppose to be logical

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891715&forum_id=2:#50059607)



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Date: August 10th, 2026 9:47 PM
Author: emerald institution preventive strike

Butterfly effect of Constantine's conversion

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891715&forum_id=2:#50059623)



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Date: August 10th, 2026 9:19 PM
Author: shimmering roast beef fat ankles

180

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Date: August 10th, 2026 9:20 PM
Author: emerald institution preventive strike

In the classroom and in writing, it often takes the form of explicit disputation: a topic drawn from the tradition is broached in the form of a proposition on a question to be debated, oppositional responses are given, a counterproposal is argued and oppositional arguments rebutted. Because of its emphasis on rigorous dialectical method, scholasticism was eventually applied to many other fields of study.[6][7]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholasticism

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Date: August 10th, 2026 9:20 PM
Author: Insecure exhilarant indirect expression crackhouse

The last sentence there definitely follows from the rest!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891715&forum_id=2:#50059541)



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Date: August 10th, 2026 9:37 PM
Author: emerald institution preventive strike

Philosopher Johann Beukes has suggested that from 1349 to 1464, the era between the deaths of William of Ockham and Nicholas of Cusa, there was a distinct period characterized by "robust and independent philosophers" who departed from high scholasticism on issues such as institutional criticism and materialism but retained scholasticism's method. These philosophers include Marsilius of Padua, Thomas Bradwardine, John Wycliffe, Catherine of Sienna, Jean Gerson, Gabriel Biel and ended with Nicholas of Cusa.[30]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholasticism

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Date: August 10th, 2026 10:08 PM
Author: twisted fragrant plaza kitty



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Date: August 10th, 2026 9:52 PM
Author: smoky charismatic parlor black woman

Are you sure? have you read the wikipedia entry for Scholasticism yet? It's all in there. QED.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891715&forum_id=2:#50059635)



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Date: August 10th, 2026 10:01 PM
Author: emerald institution preventive strike

Mastery of syllogistic reasoning was your ticket into the club. It was necessary, but no one said it was sufficient to do anything, just like no one thinks a perfect LSAT score qualifies you to practice law. Descartes whined that "but syllogistic reasoning isn't enough," but in order to make that argument Descartes also had to demonstrate his mastery of syllogistic reasoning. And here we are in the 21st century still taking the LSAT.

So what was Descartes really trying to say? What's he got to teach us right now?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891715&forum_id=2:#50059662)



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Date: August 10th, 2026 10:04 PM
Author: smoky charismatic parlor black woman

what

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Date: August 10th, 2026 10:06 PM
Author: emerald institution preventive strike

Descartes was saying syllogistic reasoning can't get you to true knowledge. But anyone trying to figure out who John the Baptist was could have told you the same thing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891715&forum_id=2:#50059689)



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Date: August 10th, 2026 10:10 PM
Author: smoky charismatic parlor black woman

Oh ok cool

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Date: August 10th, 2026 10:03 PM
Author: twisted fragrant plaza kitty

cr! x, y, z, ... ... ... it was all the persians

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891715&forum_id=2:#50059674)



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Date: August 10th, 2026 10:03 PM
Author: shimmering roast beef fat ankles



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Date: August 10th, 2026 9:49 PM
Author: orange bat shit crazy center

I like how THE LOGIC led St. Augustin to conclude that the saints in heaven enjoy watching the torments of sinners in hell.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891715&forum_id=2:#50059631)



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Date: August 10th, 2026 11:38 PM
Author: emerald institution preventive strike

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_for_the_Direction_of_the_Mind

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891715&forum_id=2:#50059959)



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Date: August 11th, 2026 5:57 AM
Author: Shivering dead karate business firm



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Date: August 11th, 2026 7:25 PM
Author: emerald institution preventive strike

https://i.imgur.com/7OT3nXm.png

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891715&forum_id=2:#50062017)



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Date: September 11th, 2026 6:26 PM
Author: https://i.imgur.com/YbMiOBE.png




(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891715&forum_id=2:#50130617)



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Date: September 11th, 2026 6:34 PM
Author: Junko Enoshima

Medieval logic wasn't quite like the logic we know today. I think only the Categories and De Interpretatione were known to Latin Europe in the Middle Ages, and those deal more with the intersection between logic and natural language. A typical concept in medieval logic was the "supposition," the way a substantive word can refer to multiple objects. For example, "man" can refer to any single man currently living, but it was considered a puzzle how "man" could also refer to a man who was once alive, or a man who will be born in the future: the process by which "man" could stand for a past or future man was called "ampliation."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891715&forum_id=2:#50130629)



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Date: September 11th, 2026 6:35 PM
Author: https://i.imgur.com/YbMiOBE.png


LSAT logic is just as arbitrary in what it considers "formal". We got locked into our present mode of legal reasoning because we took religion out of the picture, mostly. There used to be a lot religious law mixed in with secular law.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5891715&forum_id=2:#50130630)



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Date: September 11th, 2026 6:37 PM
Author: boomer soyfacing at jeet hordes at texas FB game



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