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    It is not the case that Rational deliberation demonstrably corrects passion-based errors through syllogistic inference about means-end relations, a capacity no passion possesses by Hume's own account of passional cognition.

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    • 1.Hume denies reason alone moves to action; correcting means-beliefs only matters if passions already invest in the end-goal sought.
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    • 2.Passions themselves can compare objects and recognize means-relations implicitly, making syllogistic correction unnecessary for correction.
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    • 3.Rational deliberation often rationalizes pre-existing passional commitments rather than genuinely correcting them through inference alone.
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    • 1.Passions by Hume's account involve only direct apprehension of objects; they lack the comparative structure syllogisms require.
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    • 2.Rational deliberation can identify false beliefs about means that passions presuppose, then correct the passion's direction accordingly.
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    • 3.Only discursive reasoning can trace chains of instrumental relations; passions respond only to immediate or imagined present circumstances.
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