Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Herodotus, Aristotle and Georges Rey

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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 1. Thought
4405 The attainment of truth is the task of the intellectual part of the soul [Aristotle]
1733 Thinking is not perceiving, but takes the form of imagination and speculation [Aristotle]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 2. Propositional Attitudes
3139 Some attitudes are information (belief), others motivate (hatred) [Rey]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / d. Emotional feeling
22510 Some emotional states are too strong for human nature [Aristotle]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / g. Controlling emotions
5160 There is a mean of feelings, as in our responses to the good or bad fortune of others [Aristotle]
23913 Nearly all the good and bad states of character are concerned with feelings [Aristotle]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / a. Rationality
4326 Aristotle gives a superior account of rationality, because he allows emotions to participate [Hursthouse on Aristotle]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / b. Human rationality
72 Assume our reason is in two parts, one for permanent first principles, and one for variable things [Aristotle]
23307 Aristotle makes belief a part of reason, but sees desires as separate [Aristotle, by Sorabji]
23311 Aristotle sees reason as much more specific than our more everyday concept of it [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / c. Animal rationality
23300 Aristotle and the Stoics denied rationality to animals, while Platonists affirmed it [Aristotle, by Sorabji]
23310 Animals live by sensations, and some have good memories, but they don't connect experiences [Aristotle]
18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 3. Modularity of Mind
3174 Good grammar can't come simply from stimuli [Rey]
3171 Children speak 90% good grammar [Rey]
18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 4. Language of Thought
3213 Animals may also use a language of thought [Rey]
3170 We train children in truth, not in grammar [Rey]
18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 5. Mental Files
11245 Many memories make up a single experience [Aristotle]
18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 6. Artificial Thought / a. Artificial Intelligence
3215 Images can't replace computation, as they need it [Rey]
3194 CRTT is good on deduction, but not so hot on induction, abduction and practical reason [Rey]
18. Thought / C. Content / 1. Content
3147 Problem-solving clearly involves manipulating images [Rey]
3175 Animals map things over time as well as over space [Rey]
18. Thought / C. Content / 6. Broad Content
3207 Simple externalism is that the meaning just is the object [Rey]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / h. Family resemblance
3176 Anything bears a family resemblance to a game, but obviously not anything counts as one [Rey]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / i. Conceptual priority
10954 It is unclear whether acute angles are prior to right angles, or fingers to men [Aristotle]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection
9789 You can't abstract natural properties to make Forms - objects and attributes are defined together [Aristotle]
9070 We learn primitives and universals by induction from perceptions [Aristotle]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 3. Abstracta by Ignoring
9788 Mathematicians study what is conceptually separable, and doesn't lead to error [Aristotle]
9792 Mathematicians study quantity and continuity, and remove the perceptible features of things [Aristotle]
9077 Mathematicians suppose inseparable aspects to be separable, and study them in isolation [Aristotle]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 8. Abstractionism Critique
9075 If health happened to be white, the science of health would not study whiteness [Aristotle]