Definition of "rules" []

• Plural form of rule. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rule. (verb)

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• "In it Rawls distinguished between what he called the ˜summary™ conception of rules, in which rules are merely ˜rules of thumb™ i.e., guides to behavior based on reports of prior actions and their outcomes, and the"
• "It would have been a great help: but still it is not indispensable: after all, it is only the putting into rules of the way in which _every_ mind proceeds, when it draws valid conclusions; and, by practice in careful thinking, you may get to know "fallacies" when you meet with them, without knowing the formal _rules_."
• "I suppose I should read rules or something .. * off to look for rules*"