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Ideas for 'After Finitude', 'On the Concept of Number' 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 / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity

19649

Since Kant, objectivity is defined not by the object, but by the statement's potential universality [Meillassoux]

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

19666

If we insist on Sufficient Reason the world will always be a mystery to us [Meillassoux]

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

19656

Non-contradiction is unjustified, so it only reveals a fact about thinking, not about reality? [Meillassoux]

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]