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Ideas for 'Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature', 'The Intelligence of Evil' and 'Intro to Contemporary Epistemology'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

7973	There is no longer anything on which there is nothing to say [Baudrillard]
	Full Idea: There is no longer anything on which there is nothing to say.
	From: Jean Baudrillard (The Intelligence of Evil [2004], p. 17)
	A reaction: Compare Ideas 2937 and 6870. I'm not sure whether Baudrillard is referring to the limits of philosophy, or merely to social taboos. I like Ansell Pearson's view: we should attempt to discuss what appears to be undiscussable.

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

2797	As coherence expands its interrelations become steadily tighter, culminating only in necessary truth [Dancy,J]
	Full Idea: As our system grows in coherence, the interrelations between its parts becomes tighter and tighter;… at the limit contingent truth vanishes, leaving only necessary truth.
	From: Jonathan Dancy (Intro to Contemporary Epistemology [1985], 14.7)

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 7. Limitations of Analysis

2557	Analytical philosophy seems to have little interest in how to tell a good analysis from a bad one [Rorty]
	Full Idea: There is nowadays little attempt to bring "analytic philosophy" to self-consciousness by explaining how to tell a successful from an unsuccessful analysis.
	From: Richard Rorty (Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature [1980], 4.1)