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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason
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2676
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Didactic argument starts from the principles of the subject, not from the opinions of the learner [Aristotle]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos
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1575
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For Aristotle logos is essentially the ability to talk rationally about questions of value [Roochnik on Aristotle]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason
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1589
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Aristotle is the supreme optimist about the ability of logos to explain nature [Roochnik on Aristotle]
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2675
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Reasoning is a way of making statements which makes them lead on to other statements [Aristotle]
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2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic
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2677
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Dialectic aims to start from generally accepted opinions, and lead to a contradiction [Aristotle]
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2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 3. Eristic
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2674
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Competitive argument aims at refutation, fallacy, paradox, solecism or repetition [Aristotle]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 4. Real Definition
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8200
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Aristotelian definitions aim to give the essential properties of the thing defined [Aristotle, by Quine]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 5. Genus and Differentia
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4385
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Aristotelian definition involves first stating the genus, then the differentia of the thing [Aristotle, by Urmson]
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