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Ideas for Xenophon, Aenesidemus and Bertrand Russell

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12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 1. Empiricism
7290 If Russell rejects innate ideas and direct a priori knowledge, he is left with a tabula rasa [Russell, by Thompson]
5357 It is natural to begin from experience, and presumably that is the basis of knowledge [Russell]
5382 We are acquainted with outer and inner sensation, memory, Self, and universals [Russell, by PG]
5389 Knowledge by descriptions enables us to transcend private experience [Russell]
16476 For simple words, a single experience can show that they are true [Russell]
12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 3. Pragmatism
6441 Pragmatism judges by effects, but I judge truth by causes [Russell]
12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 5. Empiricism Critique
16488 It is hard to explain how a sentence like 'it is not raining' can be found true by observation [Russell]
6431 Empiricists seem unclear what they mean by 'experience' [Russell]
21532 Full empiricism is not tenable, but empirical investigation is always essential [Russell]
5376 I can know the existence of something with which nobody is acquainted [Russell]
16485 Perception can't prove universal generalisations, so abandon them, or abandon empiricism? [Russell]