Combining Philosophers

Ideas for David Roochnik, Henry Laycock and Aristotle

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason
23250 Desired responsible actions result either from rational or from irrational desire [Aristotle]
2676 Didactic argument starts from the principles of the subject, not from the opinions of the learner [Aristotle]
11283 There is pure deductive reasoning, and explanatory demonstration reasoning [Aristotle, by Politis]
2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos
1570 Human beings, alone of the animals, have logos [Aristotle]
24047 An account is either a definition or a demonstration [Aristotle]
1571 'Logos' ranges from thought/reasoning, to words, to rational structures outside thought [Roochnik]
1572 In the seventeenth century the only acceptable form of logos was technical knowledge [Roochnik]
1573 The hallmark of a person with logos is that they give reasons why one opinion is superior to another [Roochnik]
1592 Logos cannot refute the relativist, and so must admit that it too is a matter of desire (for truth and agreement) [Roochnik]
1593 Human desire has an ordered structure, with logos at the pinnacle [Roochnik]
1603 Logos is not unconditionally good, but good if there is another person willing to engage with it [Roochnik]
1575 For Aristotle logos is essentially the ability to talk rationally about questions of value [Roochnik on Aristotle]
2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason
1574 Reasoning distinguishes what is beneficial, and hence what is right [Aristotle]
1589 Aristotle is the supreme optimist about the ability of logos to explain nature [Roochnik on Aristotle]
1598 We prefer reason or poetry according to whether basics are intelligible or not [Roochnik]
5082 Reason grasps generalities, while the senses grasp particulars [Aristotle]
2675 Reasoning is a way of making statements which makes them lead on to other statements [Aristotle]
2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence
1672 Maybe everything could be demonstrated, if demonstration can be reciprocal or circular [Aristotle]
2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 7. Status of Reason
623 It is readily agreed that thinking is the most godlike of things in our experience [Aristotle]
2801 Intelligence which looks ahead is a natural master, while bodily strength is a natural slave [Aristotle]
2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 8. Naturalising Reason
1584 Modern science, by aiming for clarity about the external world, has abandoned rationality in the human world [Roochnik]
2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason
1591 Unfortunately for reason, argument can't be used to establish the value of argument [Roochnik]
1599 Attempts to suspend all presuppositions are hopeless, because a common ground must be agreed for the process [Roochnik]
19740 A very hungry man cannot choose between equidistant piles of food [Aristotle]