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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos
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For Aristotle logos is essentially the ability to talk rationally about questions of value [Roochnik on Aristotle]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason
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Aristotle is the supreme optimist about the ability of logos to explain nature [Roochnik on Aristotle]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 4. Real Definition
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Aristotelian definitions aim to give the essential properties of the thing defined [Aristotle, by Quine]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 5. Genus and Differentia
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Aristotelian definition involves first stating the genus, then the differentia of the thing [Aristotle, by Urmson]
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / a. Category mistakes
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Words of the same kind can be substituted in a proposition without producing nonsense [Wittgenstein]
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / b. Category mistake as syntactic
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Talking nonsense is not following the rules [Wittgenstein]
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Grammar says that saying 'sound is red' is not false, but nonsense [Wittgenstein]
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