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Ideas for 'The Discourses', 'The Problem of the Soul' and 'Causal Powers'

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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
5333 Philosophy needs wisdom about who we are, as well as how we ought to be [Flanagan]
1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People
23350 A wise philosophers uses reason to cautiously judge each aspect of living [Epictetus]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined
23355 The task of philosophy is to establish standards, as occurs with weights and measures [Epictetus]
21394 Philosophy is knowing each logos, how they fit together, and what follows from them [Epictetus]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly
20876 Philosophy investigates the causes of disagreements, and seeks a standard for settling them [Epictetus]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason
15209 Like disastrous small errors in navigation, small misunderstandings can wreck intellectual life [Harré/Madden]
1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual
15215 Philosophy devises and assesses conceptual schemes in the service of worldviews [Harré/Madden]
1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis
15212 Analysis of concepts based neither on formalism nor psychology can arise from examining what we know [Harré/Madden]
1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 6. Logical Analysis
15210 Humeans see analysis in terms of formal logic, because necessities are fundamentally logical relations [Harré/Madden]
1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 1. Aims of Science
5334 We resist science partly because it can't provide ethical wisdom [Flanagan]
1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 2. Positivism
15236 Positivism says science only refers to immediate experiences [Harré/Madden]