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'works', 'Moral Luck' and 'The Trouble with Possible Worlds'
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos
1575
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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
1589
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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 / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor
15787
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Maybe Ockham's Razor is a purely aesthetic principle [Lycan]
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15784
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The Razor seems irrelevant for Meinongians, who allow absolutely everything to exist [Lycan]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 4. Real Definition
8200
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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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