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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 1. History of Philosophy
18730 The history of philosophy only matters if the subject is a choice between rival theories [Wittgenstein]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined
23367 Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles
18704 Philosophy tries to be rid of certain intellectual puzzles, irrelevant to daily life [Wittgenstein]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy
18710 Philosophers express puzzlement, but don't clearly state the puzzle [Wittgenstein]
1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 2. Possibility of Metaphysics
15010 Your metaphysics is 'cheating' if your ontology won't support the beliefs you accept [Sider]
1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science
14977 Metaphysics is not about what exists or is true or essential; it is about the structure of reality [Sider]
14994 Extreme doubts about metaphysics also threaten to undermine the science of unobservables [Sider]
1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual
15003 It seems unlikely that the way we speak will give insights into the universe [Sider]
1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis
14986 Conceptual analysts trust particular intuitions much more than general ones [Sider]
1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis
18732 We don't need a theory of truth, because we use the word perfectly well [Wittgenstein]
1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 7. Limitations of Analysis
18714 We already know what we want to know, and analysis gives us no new facts [Wittgenstein]