10 ideas
2676 | Didactic argument starts from the principles of the subject, not from the opinions of the learner [Aristotle] |
2675 | Reasoning is a way of making statements which makes them lead on to other statements [Aristotle] |
2677 | Dialectic aims to start from generally accepted opinions, and lead to a contradiction [Aristotle] |
2674 | Competitive argument aims at refutation, fallacy, paradox, solecism or repetition [Aristotle] |
16967 | 'Are Coriscus and Callias at home?' sounds like a single question, but it isn't [Aristotle] |
9558 | All scientific tests will verify mathematics, so it is a background, not something being tested [Sober] |
14082 | No sortal could ever exactly pin down which set of particles count as this 'cup' [Schaffer,J] |
16149 | Generic terms like 'man' are not substances, but qualities, relations, modes or some such thing [Aristotle] |
14081 | Identities can be true despite indeterminate reference, if true under all interpretations [Schaffer,J] |
11840 | Only if two things are identical do they have the same attributes [Aristotle] |