Combining Philosophers
Ideas for David Roochnik, Henry Laycock and Aristotle
expand these ideas
|
start again
|
choose
another area for these philosophers
display all the ideas for this combination of philosophers
14 ideas
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 2. Meaning as Mental
2337
|
For Aristotle meaning and reference are linked to concepts [Aristotle, by Putnam]
|
19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories
12791
|
It is said that proper reference is our intellectual link with the world [Laycock]
|
19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 3. Predicates
5107
|
Predicates are substance, quality, place, relation, quantity and action or affection [Aristotle]
|
12349
|
Only what can be said of many things is a predicable [Aristotle, by Wedin]
|
11837
|
Some predicates signify qualification of a substance, others the substance itself [Aristotle]
|
19. Language / D. Propositions / 4. Mental Propositions
13763
|
Spoken sounds vary between people, but are signs of affections of soul, which are the same for all [Aristotle]
|
19. Language / E. Analyticity / 2. Analytic Truths
11240
|
The notion of analytic truth is absent in Aristotle [Aristotle, by Politis]
|
19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric
1596
|
Reasoning aims not at the understanding of objects, but at the desire to give beautiful speeches [Roochnik]
|
1578
|
If relativism is the correct account of human values, then rhetoric is more important than reasoning [Roochnik]
|
22570
|
Rhetoric now enables good speakers to become popular leaders [Aristotle]
|
5849
|
Rhetoric is a political offshoot of dialectic and ethics [Aristotle]
|
19. Language / F. Communication / 3. Denial
1705
|
It doesn't have to be the case that in opposed views one is true and the other false [Aristotle]
|
12368
|
Negation takes something away from something [Aristotle]
|
19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / d. Metaphor
1692
|
If you shouldn't argue in metaphors, then you shouldn't try to define them either [Aristotle]
|