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Ideas for 'works', 'Explanation - Opening Address' and 'Structure of Scientific Revolutions (2nd ed)'

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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 / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

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Coherence is consilience, simplicity, analogy, and fitting into a web of belief [Smart]

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We need comprehensiveness, as well as self-coherence [Smart]

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]