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Ideas for 'Explaining Explanation', 'The View from Nowhere' and 'The Concept of Mind'

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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

3240	There is more insight in fundamental perplexity about problems than in their supposed solutions [Nagel]

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

3242	Philosophy is the childhood of the intellect, and a culture can't skip it [Nagel]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

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Philosophy aims to become more disciplined about categories [Ryle]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent

3241	It seems mad, but the aim of philosophy is to climb outside of our own minds [Nagel]

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

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Paradox: why do you analyse if you know it, and how do you analyse if you don't? [Ruben]