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Ideas for 'Frege's Concept of Numbers as Objects', 'Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature' and 'Sophistical Refutations'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason

2676	Didactic argument starts from the principles of the subject, not from the opinions of the learner [Aristotle]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason

2675	Reasoning is a way of making statements which makes them lead on to other statements [Aristotle]

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

2677	Dialectic aims to start from generally accepted opinions, and lead to a contradiction [Aristotle]

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The best way to understand a philosophical idea is to defend it [Wright,C]

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

2674	Competitive argument aims at refutation, fallacy, paradox, solecism or repetition [Aristotle]

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

2. Reason / D. Definition / 7. Contextual Definition

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The attempt to define numbers by contextual definition has been revived [Wright,C, by Fine,K]