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Ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'The Gettier Problem' and 'Discourse on the Origin of Inequality'

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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge

19757	No one would bother to reason, and try to know things, without a desire for enjoyment [Rousseau]
	Full Idea: We seek to know only because we desire to find enjoyment; and it is impossible to conceive why someon who had neither desires nor fears would go to the bother reasoning.
	From: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Discourse on the Origin of Inequality [1754], Part I)
	A reaction: This appears to be an echo of Hume's pessimism about the autonomy of reason. This downgrading of reason is a striking feature of the Enlightenment, which presumably culminates in the romantic movement.

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism

21958	Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW]
	Full Idea: Appearances in general are nothing outside our representations, which is just what we mean by transcendental ideality.
	From: A.W. Moore (The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics [2012], B535/A507)