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'Metaphysics', 'Critique of Judgement I: Aesthetic' and 'From an Ontological Point of View'
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 3. Non-Contradiction
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We cannot say that one thing both is and is not a man [Aristotle]
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For Aristotle predication is regulated by Non-Contradiction, because underlying stability is essential [Roochnik on Aristotle]
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A thing cannot be both in and not-in the same thing (at a given time) [Aristotle]
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The most certain basic principle is that contradictories can't be true at the same time [Aristotle]
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Aristotle does not take the principle of non-contradiction for granted [Aristotle, by Politis]
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 4. Contraries
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608
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There is no middle ground in contradiction, but there is in contrariety [Aristotle]
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 5. Opposites
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627
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If everything is made of opposites, are the opposed things made of opposites? [Aristotle]
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628
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Not everything is composed of opposites; what, for example, is the opposite of matter? [Aristotle]
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor
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A theory with few fundamental principles might still posit a lot of entities [Heil]
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Parsimony does not imply the world is simple, but that our theories should try to be [Heil]
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