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'works', 'Realism, Mathematics and Modality' and 'Grundlagen der Arithmetik (Foundations)'
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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 / 3. Pure Reason
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Thoughts have a natural order, to which human thinking is drawn [Frege, by Yablo]
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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 / 5. Objectivity
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Frege sees no 'intersubjective' category, between objective and subjective [Dummett on Frege]
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Keep the psychological and subjective separate from the logical and objective [Frege]
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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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2. Reason / D. Definition / 7. Contextual Definition
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Originally Frege liked contextual definitions, but later preferred them fully explicit [Frege, by Dummett]
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Nothing should be defined in terms of that to which it is conceptually prior [Frege, by Dummett]
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2. Reason / E. Argument / 6. Conclusive Proof
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Proof aims to remove doubts, but also to show the interdependence of truths [Frege]
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / a. Category mistakes
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You can't transfer external properties unchanged to apply to ideas [Frege]
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