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Ideas for 'De Anima', 'The Philosopher's Toolkit' and 'Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature'

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

24047

An account is either a definition or a demonstration [Aristotle]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason

4643	The Principle of Sufficient Reason does not presuppose that all explanations will be causal explanations [Baggini /Fosl]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 3. Non-Contradiction

4633	You cannot rationally deny the principle of non-contradiction, because all reasoning requires it [Baggini /Fosl]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 4. Contraries

24052

From one thing alone we can infer its contrary [Aristotle]

2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic

4635	Dialectic aims at unified truth, unlike analysis, which divides into parts [Baggini /Fosl]

2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 3. Eristic

2556	Rational certainty may be victory in argument rather than knowledge of facts [Rorty]