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All the ideas for 'In Defense of a Dogma', 'Sophistical Refutations' and 'On 'Insolubilia' and their solution'

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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]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 5. Conceptions of Set / c. Logical sets

21563

The 'no classes' theory says the propositions just refer to the members [Russell]

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]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 4. Paradoxes in Logic / d. Richard's paradox

21565

Richard's puzzle uses the notion of 'definition' - but that cannot be defined [Russell]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / a. The Liar paradox

21564

Vicious Circle: what involves ALL must not be one of those ALL [Russell]

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]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 8. Synonymy

7319	If we give up synonymy, we have to give up significance, meaning and sense [Grice/Strawson]