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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
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For Plato true wisdom is supernatural [Plato, by Weil]
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Cleverness is shown in knowing what can reasonably be asked [Kant]
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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / b. Pre-Socratic philosophy
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Plato never mentions Democritus, and wished to burn his books [Plato, by Diog. Laertius]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason
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Reason is only interested in knowledge, actions and hopes [Kant]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy
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In ordinary life the highest philosophy is no better than common understanding [Kant]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics
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Metaphysics is a systematic account of everything that can be known a priori [Kant]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 2. Possibility of Metaphysics
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Kant turned metaphysics into epistemology, ignoring Aristotle's 'being qua being' [Kant, by Macdonald,C]
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Metaphysics might do better to match objects to our cognition (and not start with the objects) [Kant]
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You just can't stop metaphysical speculation, in any mature mind [Kant]
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The voyage of reason may go only as far as the coastline of experience reaches [Kant]
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Your metaphysics is 'cheating' if your ontology won't support the beliefs you accept [Sider]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems
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It is still possible to largely accept Kant as a whole (where others must be dismantled) [Kant, by Gardner]
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Human reason considers all knowledge as belonging to a possible system [Kant]
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Reason has two separate objects, morality and freedom, and nature, which ultimately unite [Kant]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science
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Metaphysics is not about what exists or is true or essential; it is about the structure of reality [Sider]
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Extreme doubts about metaphysics also threaten to undermine the science of unobservables [Sider]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 5. Metaphysics beyond Science
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Kant showed that theoretical reason cannot give answers to speculative metaphysics [Kant, by Korsgaard]
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A priori metaphysics is fond of basic unchanging entities like God, the soul, Forms, atoms… [Kant, by Fogelin]
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A dove cutting through the air, might think it could fly better in airless space (which Plato attempted) [Kant]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual
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It seems unlikely that the way we speak will give insights into the universe [Sider]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics
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Kant exposed the illusions of reason in the Transcendental Dialectic [Kant, by Fraassen]
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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis
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Analysis is becoming self-conscious about our concepts [Kant]
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Our reason mostly analyses concepts we already have of objects [Kant]
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Analysis of our concepts is merely a preparation for proper a priori metaphysics [Kant]
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Conceptual analysts trust particular intuitions much more than general ones [Sider]
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