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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 / 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 / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason
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The Principle of Sufficient Reason does not presuppose that all explanations will be causal explanations [Baggini /Fosl]
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 3. Non-Contradiction
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You cannot rationally deny the principle of non-contradiction, because all reasoning requires it [Baggini /Fosl]
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2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic
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Dialectic aims at unified truth, unlike analysis, which divides into parts [Baggini /Fosl]
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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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