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Ideas for 'works', 'Truth-makers and dependence' and 'From an Ontological Point of View'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos

1575	For Aristotle logos is essentially the ability to talk rationally about questions of value [Roochnik on Aristotle]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason

1589	Aristotle is the supreme optimist about the ability of logos to explain nature [Roochnik on Aristotle]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

7038	A theory with few fundamental principles might still posit a lot of entities [Heil]

7037	Parsimony does not imply the world is simple, but that our theories should try to be [Heil]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 4. Real Definition

8200	Aristotelian definitions aim to give the essential properties of the thing defined [Aristotle, by Quine]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 5. Genus and Differentia

4385	Aristotelian definition involves first stating the genus, then the differentia of the thing [Aristotle, by Urmson]