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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

12644

Who cares what 'philosophy' is? Most pre-1950 thought doesn't now count as philosophy [Fodor]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science

6891	Quine's naturalistic and empirical view is based entirely on first-order logic and set theory [Quine, by Mautner]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual

6310	Enquiry needs a conceptual scheme, so we should retain the best available [Quine]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 3. Analysis of Preconditions

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Definitions often give necessary but not sufficient conditions for an extension [Fodor]