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5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 1. Logical Form

4730	For Aristotle, the subject-predicate structure of Greek reflected a substance-accident structure of reality [Aristotle, by O'Grady]
	Full Idea: Aristotle apparently believed that the subject-predicate structure of Greek reflected the substance-accident nature of reality.
	From: report of Aristotle (works [c.330 BCE]) by Paul O'Grady - Relativism Ch.4
	A reaction: We need not assume that Aristotle is wrong. It is a chicken-and-egg. There is something obvious about subject-predicate language, if one assumes that unified objects are part of nature, and not just conventional.

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 4. Paradoxes in Logic / a. Achilles paradox

4229	An infinite series of tasks can't be completed because it has no last member [Lowe]
	Full Idea: It appears to be impossible to complete an infinite series of tasks, since such a series has, by definition, no last member.
	From: E.J. Lowe (A Survey of Metaphysics [2002], p.290)
	A reaction: This pinpoints the problem. So are there infinite tasks in a paradox of subdivision like the Achilles?