Mere co-activation of related ideas makes people reduce logical inconsistency.

Evidence

There is in Descartes an unresolved dualism between what he learnt from contemporary science and the scholasticism that he had been taught at La Flèche. This led him into inconsistencies, but it also made him more rich in fruitful ideas than any completely logical philosopher could have been. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2085 (#complicates, via linked claim)

This illustrates an important truth, namely, that the worse your logic, the more interesting the consequences to which it gives rise. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2705 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Philosophical inconsistency can generate richer intellectual movements than rigid logical consistency. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2085; People reduce dissonance by changing beliefs rather than behavior — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice: How to Communicate…, 173; Weaker logic produces more interesting philosophical consequences. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2705 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Philosophical inconsistency can generate richer intellectual movements than rigid logical consistency. #complicates (0.78) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2085
• Weaker logic produces more interesting philosophical consequences. #complicates (0.75) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2705