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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos
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
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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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 4. Contraries
1698
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Both sides of contraries need not exist (as health without sickness, white without black) [Aristotle]
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1697
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The contrary of good is bad, but the contrary of bad is either good or another evil [Aristotle]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 4. Real Definition
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
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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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / a. Category mistakes
11034
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The differentiae of genera which are different are themselves different in kind [Aristotle]
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / c. Category mistake as semantic
18009
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Chomsky established the view that category mistakes are well-formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]
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