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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined
2512 Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language [Wittgenstein]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy
4148 What is your aim in philosophy? - To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle [Wittgenstein]
1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 2. Possibility of Metaphysics
14912 There is no test for metaphysics, except devising alternative theories [Ladyman/Ross]
1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science
14904 Metaphysics builds consilience networks across science [Ladyman/Ross]
14907 Progress in metaphysics must be tied to progress in science [Ladyman/Ross]
14908 Metaphysics must involve at least two scientific hypotheses, one fundamental, and add to explanation [Ladyman/Ross]
14910 Some science is so general that it is metaphysical [Ladyman/Ross]
14940 Cutting-edge physics has little to offer metaphysics [Ladyman/Ross]
14945 The aim of metaphysics is to unite the special sciences with physics [Ladyman/Ross]
1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual
14898 Modern metaphysics pursues aesthetic criteria like story-writing, and abandons scientific truth [Ladyman/Ross]
1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis
14899 Why think that conceptual analysis reveals reality, rather than just how people think? [Ladyman/Ross]
1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis
22490 Bring words back from metaphysics to everyday use [Wittgenstein]
1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism
14936 A metaphysics based on quantum gravity could result in almost anything [Ladyman/Ross]
14897 We should abandon intuitions, especially that the world is made of little things, and made of something [Ladyman/Ross]
14905 The supremacy of science rests on its iterated error filters [Ladyman/Ross]