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Aristotelian logic dealt with inferences about concepts, and there were also proposition inferences [Weiner]
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Full Idea:
Till the nineteenth century, it was a common view that Aristotelian logic could evaluate inferences whose validity was based on relations between concepts, while propositional logic could evaluate inferences based on relations between propositions.
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From:
Joan Weiner (Frege [1999], Ch.3)
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A reaction:
Venn diagrams relate closely to Aristotelian syllogisms, as each concept is represented by a circle, and shows relations between sets. Arrows seem needed to represent how to go from one proposition to another. Is one static, the other dynamic?
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Unlike aesthetic evaluation, moral evaluation needs a concept of responsibility [Foot]
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Full Idea:
Moral, as opposed to aesthetic, evaluation does require some distinction between actions for which we are responsible and those for which we are not responsible.
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From:
Philippa Foot (Nietzsche's Immoralism [1991], p.154)
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A reaction:
It is hard to disagree with this, but difficult to give a precise account of responsibility, probably because it is not an all-or-nothing matter. If we accept responsibility for our controlled actions, why not for our considered aesthetic judgements?
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