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All the ideas for 'Through the Looking Glass', 'Possible Worlds' and 'Sophistical Refutations'

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11 ideas

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]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / d. and

16967

'Are Coriscus and Callias at home?' sounds like a single question, but it isn't [Aristotle]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence

15789

Lewis's distinction of 'existing' from 'being actual' is Meinong's between 'existing' and 'subsisting' [Lycan on Lewis]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

21982

I only wish I had such eyes as to see Nobody! It's as much as I can do to see real people. [Carroll,L]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 10. Essence as Species

16149

Generic terms like 'man' are not substances, but qualities, relations, modes or some such thing [Aristotle]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 8. Leibniz's Law

11840

Only if two things are identical do they have the same attributes [Aristotle]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / d. Possible worlds actualism

15790

Lewis can't know possible worlds without first knowing what is possible or impossible [Lycan on Lewis]

15791

What are the ontological grounds for grouping possibilia into worlds? [Lycan on Lewis]