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'works', 'Elbow Room: varieties of free will' and 'Improvement of Understanding'
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos
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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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Aristotle is the supreme optimist about the ability of logos to explain nature [Roochnik on Aristotle]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason
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Rationality requires the assumption that things are either for better or worse [Dennett]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 2. Aims of Definition
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All the intrinsic properties of a thing should be deducible from its definition [Spinoza]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 4. Real Definition
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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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Aristotelian definition involves first stating the genus, then the differentia of the thing [Aristotle, by Urmson]
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