Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Empedocles, Thomas Aquinas and Deborah Achtenberg
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason
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We are coerced into assent to a truth by reason's violence [Aquinas]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason
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The mind is compelled by necessary truths, but not by contingent truths [Aquinas]
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor
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Supposing many principles is superfluous if a few will do it [Aquinas]
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2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic
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Arguing with opponents uncovers truths, and restrains falsehoods [Aquinas]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 5. Genus and Differentia
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If definitions must be general, and general terms can't individuate, then Socrates can't be defined [Aquinas, by Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne]
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The definitions expressing identity are used to sort things [Aquinas]
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