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'Metaphysics', 'Reply to Fifth Objections' and 'The Varieties of Reference'
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / b. Human rationality
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Aristotle sees reason as much more specific than our more everyday concept of it [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / c. Animal rationality
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Animals live by sensations, and some have good memories, but they don't connect experiences [Aristotle]
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18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 5. Mental Files
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Many memories make up a single experience [Aristotle]
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18. Thought / C. Content / 1. Content
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Some representational states, like perception, may be nonconceptual [Evans, by Schulte]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 1. Concepts / a. Nature of concepts
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The Generality Constraint says if you can think a predicate you can apply it to anything [Evans]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / c. Nativist concepts
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A blind man may still contain the idea of colour [Descartes]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 3. Ontology of Concepts / b. Concepts as abilities
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Concepts have a 'Generality Constraint', that we must know how predicates apply to them [Evans, by Peacocke]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / i. Conceptual priority
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It is unclear whether acute angles are prior to right angles, or fingers to men [Aristotle]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 3. Abstracta by Ignoring
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Mathematicians study quantity and continuity, and remove the perceptible features of things [Aristotle]
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Mathematicians suppose inseparable aspects to be separable, and study them in isolation [Aristotle]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 8. Abstractionism Critique
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If health happened to be white, the science of health would not study whiteness [Aristotle]
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