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Ideas for 'works', 'The Intelligence of Evil' and 'The Language of Thought'

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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 / 5. Objectivity

7975	The task of philosophy is to unmask the illusion of objective reality [Baudrillard]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason

7986	Drunken boat pilots are less likely to collide than clearly focused ones [Baudrillard]

2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic

7982	Instead of thesis and antithesis leading to synthesis, they now cancel out, and the conflict is levelled [Baudrillard]

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]