Check yourself:
Why is animal the common answer for human and horse?
Why is animal insufficient for human and tree?
Why is sentient a remote differentia of human?
Why must nāṭiq be read technically rather than as mere speech?
Correct reasoning refers respectively to the nearest common genus, the inclusion of plants, failure to distinguish humans from other animals, and the philosophical meaning of rational capacity.
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Proximate and Remote Genus and Differentia
Check yourself:
Why is animal the common answer for human and horse?
Why is animal insufficient for human and tree?
Why is sentient a remote differentia of human?
Why must nāṭiq be read technically rather than as mere speech?
Correct reasoning refers respectively to the nearest common genus, the inclusion of plants, failure to distinguish humans from other animals, and the philosophical meaning of rational capacity.