In Leibniz's mind, "this language will be the greatest instrument of reason," for "when there are disputes among persons, we can simply say: Let us calculate, without further ado, and see who is right" (The Art of Discovery (1685); C, 176 (W, 51)).
Resolution of disagreement by means of speech, the instrument of reason, had been replaced by resolution through force.
Like eugenics, the photograph, a product of the scientific age and the modern age of statistical theory, was believed to be truthful, impartial, a precise instrument of research, a tool of reason.
He maintained that language is the "instrument and criterion of reason" as well as the source of all the confusions and fallacies of reason.
This desire for totality, according to Lévinas, is a basic manifestation of "instrumental" reason the use of reason as an instrument for determining the best or most efficient means to achieve a given end.
But what about those human beings who, for whatever reason, become instruments of evil, perpetrators of evil in the world?
Losing the ability to manage its rise would be to sacrifice what has been an important instrument of policy.Another reason for caution is the attitude of other countries to the rise of a currency backed by a government that is unaccountable at home and developing a reputation as a bully in its near-abroad.
He said his nonprofessional customers are attracted to his instruments for a variety of reasons.
Biologists are in a privileged position in this regard because virtually all traits of interest are at least partially influenced by genetic effects, and genetic effects can serve as excellent instruments for a number of reasons.
Only if the state incorporates such feuds as instruments of its penal code, he wildly reasons, can the past be appeased and made to relinquish its hold.
