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All the ideas for 'Oxford University Statutes', 'Why Reason Can't be Naturalized' and 'The History of Animals'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 4. Early European Thought
There is a five shilling fine for each point of divergence from the thinking of Aristotle [Oxford Univ 1350]
3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth
Truth is rational acceptability [Putnam]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence
Aristotelian explanation by essence may need to draw on knowledge of other essences [Aristotle, by Koslicki]
27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 2. Life
Plants have far less life than animals, but more life than other corporeal entities [Aristotle]
27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution
There is a gradual proceeding from the inanimate to animals, with no clear borderlines [Aristotle]