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All the ideas for 'There is No A Priori (and reply)', 'Sophistical Refutations' and 'An Argument for the Identity Theory'

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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 / 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]

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]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 4. A Priori as Necessities

19565

How could the mind have a link to the necessary character of reality? [Devitt]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 11. Denying the A Priori

19564

Some knowledge must be empirical; naturalism implies that all knowledge is like that [Devitt]

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 4. Causal Functionalism

7441	Experiences are defined by their causal role, and causal roles belong to physical states [Lewis]

7442	'Pain' contingently names the state that occupies the causal role of pain [Lewis]