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'works', 'From an Ontological Point of View' and 'Rationale and Maxims in Study of Concepts'
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos
1575
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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
1589
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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 / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor
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A theory with few fundamental principles might still posit a lot of entities [Heil]
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Parsimony does not imply the world is simple, but that our theories should try to be [Heil]
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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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