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Ideas for 'On the Question of Absolute Undecidability', 'Virtues of the Mind' 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]

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

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

2. Reason / D. Definition / 2. Aims of Definition

20221

Precision is only one of the virtues of a good definition [Zagzebski]

2. Reason / E. Argument / 1. Argument

20220

Objection by counterexample is weak, because it only reveals inaccuracies in one theory [Zagzebski]