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1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 3. Greek-English Lexicon
11300 Agathon: good [PG]
11301 Aisthesis: perception, sensation, consciousness [PG]
11302 Aitia / aition: cause, explanation [PG]
11303 Akrasia: lack of control, weakness of will [PG]
11304 Aletheia: truth [PG]
11305 Anamnesis: recollection, remembrance [PG]
11306 Ananke: necessity [PG]
11307 Antikeimenon: object [PG]
11375 Apatheia: unemotional [PG]
11308 Apeiron: the unlimited, indefinite [PG]
11376 Aphairesis: taking away, abstraction [PG]
11309 Apodeixis: demonstration [PG]
11310 Aporia: puzzle, question, anomaly [PG]
11311 Arche: first principle, the basic [PG]
11312 Arete: virtue, excellence [PG]
11313 Chronismos: separation [PG]
11314 Diairesis: division [PG]
11315 Dialectic: dialectic, discussion [PG]
11316 Dianoia: intellection [cf. Noesis] [PG]
11317 Diaphora: difference [PG]
11318 Dikaiosune: moral goodness, justice [PG]
11319 Doxa: opinion, belief [PG]
11320 Dunamis: faculty, potentiality, capacity [PG]
11321 Eidos: form, idea [PG]
11322 Elenchos: elenchus, interrogation [PG]
11323 Empeiron: experience [PG]
11324 Energeia: employment, actuality, power? [PG]
11325 Enkrateia: control [PG]
11326 Entelecheia: entelechy, having an end [PG]
11327 Epagoge: induction, explanation [PG]
11328 Episteme: knowledge, understanding [PG]
11329 Epithumia: appetite [PG]
11330 Ergon: function [PG]
11331 Eristic: polemic, disputation [PG]
11332 Eros: love [PG]
11333 Eudaimonia: flourishing, happiness, fulfilment [PG]
11334 Genos: type, genus [PG]
11335 Hexis: state, habit [PG]
11336 Horismos: definition [PG]
11337 Hule: matter [PG]
11338 Hupokeimenon: subject, underlying thing [cf. Tode ti] [PG]
11339 Kalos / kalon: beauty, fineness, nobility [PG]
11340 Kath' hauto: in virtue of itself, essentially [PG]
11341 Kinesis: movement, process [PG]
11342 Kosmos: order, universe [PG]
11343 Logos: reason, account, word [PG]
11344 Meson: the mean [PG]
11345 Metechein: partaking, sharing [PG]
11377 Mimesis: imitation, fine art [PG]
11346 Morphe: form [PG]
11347 Noesis: intellection, rational thought [cf. Dianoia] [PG]
11348 Nomos: convention, law, custom [PG]
11349 Nous: intuition, intellect, understanding [PG]
11350 Orexis: desire [PG]
11351 Ousia: substance, (primary) being, [see 'Prote ousia'] [PG]
11352 Pathos: emotion, affection, property [PG]
11353 Phantasia: imagination [PG]
11354 Philia: friendship [PG]
11355 Philosophia: philosophy, love of wisdom [PG]
11356 Phronesis: prudence, practical reason, common sense [PG]
11357 Physis: nature [PG]
11358 Praxis: action, activity [PG]
11359 Prote ousia: primary being [PG]
11360 Psuche: mind, soul, life [PG]
11361 Sophia: wisdom [PG]
11362 Sophrosune: moderation, self-control [PG]
11363 Stoicheia: elements [PG]
11364 Sullogismos: deduction, syllogism [PG]
11365 Techne: skill, practical knowledge [PG]
11366 Telos: purpose, end [PG]
11367 Theoria: contemplation [PG]
11368 Theos: god [PG]
11369 Ti esti: what-something-is, essence [PG]
11370 Timoria: vengeance, punishment [PG]
11371 To ti en einai: essence, what-it-is-to-be [PG]
11372 To ti estin: essence [PG]
11373 Tode ti: this-such, subject of predication [cf. hupokeimenon] [PG]
3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 6. Verisimilitude
22317 Truth does not admit of more and less [Frege]
4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 1. Set Theory
13455 Frege did not think of himself as working with sets [Frege, by Hart,WD]
4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 3. Types of Set / b. Empty (Null) Set
16895 The null set is indefensible, because it collects nothing [Frege, by Burge]
4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 5. Conceptions of Set / c. Logical sets
3328 Frege proposed a realist concept of a set, as the extension of a predicate or concept or function [Frege, by Benardete,JA]
5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic
9179 Frege frequently expressed a contempt for language [Frege, by Dummett]
5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 2. Platonism in Logic
13473 Frege thinks there is an independent logical order of the truths, which we must try to discover [Frege, by Hart,WD]
5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 7. Predicates in Logic
6076 For Frege, predicates are names of functions that map objects onto the True and False [Frege, by McGinn]
3319 Frege gives a functional account of predication so that we can dispense with predicates [Frege, by Benardete,JA]
5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 2. Domain of Quantification
9871 Frege always, and fatally, neglected the domain of quantification [Dummett on Frege]
5. Theory of Logic / I. Semantics of Logic / 3. Logical Truth
16884 Basic truths of logic are not proved, but seen as true when they are understood [Frege, by Burge]
6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / c. Fregean numbers
3331 If '5' is the set of all sets with five members, that may be circular, and you can know a priori if the set has content [Benardete,JA on Frege]
6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / a. Early logicism
16880 Frege aimed to discover the logical foundations which justify arithmetical judgements [Frege, by Burge]
8689 Eventually Frege tried to found arithmetic in geometry instead of in logic [Frege, by Friend]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / i. Deflating being
5657 Frege's logic showed that there is no concept of being [Frege, by Scruton]
9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 8. Continuity of Rivers
579 Cratylus said you couldn't even step into the same river once [Cratylus, by Aristotle]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 5. Self-Identity
3318 Frege made identity a logical notion, enshrined above all in the formula 'for all x, x=x' [Frege, by Benardete,JA]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding
16885 To understand a thought, understand its inferential connections to other thoughts [Frege, by Burge]
12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 2. Self-Evidence
16887 Frege's concept of 'self-evident' makes no reference to minds [Frege, by Burge]
12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 4. A Priori as Necessities
16894 An apriori truth is grounded in generality, which is universal quantification [Frege, by Burge]
13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism
578 Cratylus decided speech was hopeless, and his only expression was the movement of a finger [Cratylus, by Aristotle]
14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory
16882 The building blocks contain the whole contents of a discipline [Frege]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 8. Abstractionism Critique
5816 Frege said concepts were abstract entities, not mental entities [Frege, by Putnam]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions
7307 A thought is not psychological, but a condition of the world that makes a sentence true [Frege, by Miller,A]
19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 5. Fregean Semantics
7309 Frege's 'sense' is the strict and literal meaning, stripped of tone [Frege, by Miller,A]
7312 'Sense' solves the problems of bearerless names, substitution in beliefs, and informativeness [Frege, by Miller,A]
19. Language / E. Analyticity / 1. Analytic Propositions
7725 'P or not-p' seems to be analytic, but does not fit Kant's account, lacking clear subject or predicate [Frege, by Weiner]
19. Language / E. Analyticity / 2. Analytic Truths
7316 Analytic truths are those that can be demonstrated using only logic and definitions [Frege, by Miller,A]
28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof
3307 Frege put forward an ontological argument for the existence of numbers [Frege, by Benardete,JA]