I believe a system called pure reason that can be devised and
  works well for discerning truth-values.

  But does it tangibly exist in reality? I don't think it does.
  Cognitive Science and the circuitry shows me that there's no
  pure reasoning systems and even pointing to people with broken
  amygdalas cannot make decisions properly when they have to rely
  heavily on the prefrontal cortex for most of the heavy work.
  They just... can never decide things, not without great
  difficulty.

  of course I'm stepping outside of philosophy but I can't ignore
  what I know smile emoticon
  Talking about reason to me is akin to taking about love. I don't
  believe a noun called Love exists. Nor do I believe that a noun
  called Reason exists. But I believe that Love and Reason are
  processes - they are Verbs. You are loving [something] or You
  are reasoning [about/with something]. But Reason I do not think
  exists without the reasoner reasoning.

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