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'Parmenides', 'Frege's Concept of Numbers as Objects' and 'Introduction to 'Properties''
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason
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When questions are doubtful we should concentrate not on objects but on ideas of the intellect [Plato]
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 5. Opposites
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Opposites are as unlike as possible [Plato]
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor
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Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver]
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2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic
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Plato's 'Parmenides' is the greatest artistic achievement of the ancient dialectic [Hegel on Plato]
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The best way to understand a philosophical idea is to defend it [Wright,C]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 7. Contextual Definition
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The attempt to define numbers by contextual definition has been revived [Wright,C, by Fine,K]
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