Ideas from 'works' by Aristotle [330 BCE], by Theme Structure

green numbers give full details    |     back to texts     |     expand these ideas

---

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom

19693

There is practical wisdom (for action), and theoretical wisdom (for deep understanding) [Whitcomb]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos

1575	For Aristotle logos is essentially the ability to talk rationally about questions of value [Roochnik]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason

1589	Aristotle is the supreme optimist about the ability of logos to explain nature [Roochnik]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 4. Real Definition

8200	Aristotelian definitions aim to give the essential properties of the thing defined [Quine]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 5. Genus and Differentia

4385	Aristotelian definition involves first stating the genus, then the differentia of the thing [Urmson]

4. Formal Logic / G. Formal Mereology / 1. Mereology

13282

Aristotle relativises the notion of wholeness to different measures [Koslicki]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 1. Logical Form

4730	For Aristotle, the subject-predicate structure of Greek reflected a substance-accident structure of reality [O'Grady]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism

13276

The unmoved mover and the soul show Aristotelian form as the ultimate mereological atom [Koslicki]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / d. Form as unifier

13277

The 'form' is the recipe for building wholes of a particular kind [Koslicki]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge

5991	For Aristotle, knowledge is of causes, and is theoretical, practical or productive [Code]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 1. Nature of the A Priori

11239

The notion of a priori truth is absent in Aristotle [Politis]

12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism

23312

Aristotle is a rationalist, but reason is slowly acquired through perception and experience [Frede,M]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 2. Intuition

16111

Aristotle wants to fit common intuitions, and therefore uses language as a guide [Gill,ML]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

16971

Plato says sciences are unified around Forms; Aristotle says they're unified around substance [Moravcsik]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / a. Explanation

11243

Aristotelian explanations are facts, while modern explanations depend on human conceptions [Politis]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation

3320	Aristotle's standard analysis of species and genus involves specifying things in terms of something more general [Benardete,JA]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence

12000

Aristotle regularly says that essential properties explain other significant properties [Kung]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / c. Animal rationality

23300

Aristotle and the Stoics denied rationality to animals, while Platonists affirmed it [Sorabji]

19. Language / E. Analyticity / 2. Analytic Truths

11240

The notion of analytic truth is absent in Aristotle [Politis]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

6559	Aristotle never actually says that man is a rational animal [Fogelin]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / a. Aims of education

11150

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain an idea without accepting it

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles

3037	Aristotle said the educated were superior to the uneducated as the living are to the dead [Diog. Laertius]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

8660	There are potential infinities (never running out), but actual infinity is incoherent [Friend]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / a. Greek matter

12058

Aristotle's matter can become any other kind of matter [Wiggins]

29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 2. Greek Polytheism

22729

The concepts of gods arose from observing the soul, and the cosmos [Sext.Empiricus]