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Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Michael Lockwood and Quentin Meillassoux

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

2956	There is nothing so obvious that a philosopher cannot be found to deny it [Lockwood]
	Full Idea: There is nothing so obvious that a philosopher cannot be found to deny it.
	From: Michael Lockwood (Mind, Brain and the Quantum [1989], p.73)
	A reaction: [Idea of Varro] Just as unreliable witnesses are the bane of a murder enquiry, so bad philosophers throw a cloud of obscurity roundphilosophy. If 9999 people thought 2+2=4, but there is always one who thinks something different.