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'Lectures 1930-32 (student notes)', 'New work for a theory of universals' and 'The Absurd'
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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 1. History of Philosophy
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The history of philosophy only matters if the subject is a choice between rival theories [Wittgenstein]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy
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If your life is to be meaningful as part of some large thing, the large thing must be meaningful [Nagel]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles
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Philosophy tries to be rid of certain intellectual puzzles, irrelevant to daily life [Wittgenstein]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy
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Philosophers express puzzlement, but don't clearly state the puzzle [Wittgenstein]
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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis
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In addition to analysis of a concept, one can deny it, or accept it as primitive [Lewis]
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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis
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We don't need a theory of truth, because we use the word perfectly well [Wittgenstein]
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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 7. Limitations of Analysis
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We already know what we want to know, and analysis gives us no new facts [Wittgenstein]
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