In this lecture/discussion video from my Spring 2013 Introduction to Philosophy class at Marist College, we examine some of the main ideas from book 1 of Aristotle's work, the Topics, which is concerned with the practice of dialectic. We discuss the nature of argument and inquiry, the difference between dialectic and the uses of argument in other disciplines or activities, the nature of dialectical propositions and problems, and then briefly look at definition, property, genus. and accidents.
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