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Ideas for 'works', 'Our Knowledge of the External World' and 'The View from Nowhere'

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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 1. Nature of the A Priori

11239

The notion of a priori truth is absent in Aristotle [Aristotle, by Politis]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / b. Primary/secondary

3249	Modern science depends on the distinction between primary and secondary qualities [Nagel]

22429

We achieve objectivity by dropping secondary qualities, to focus on structural primary qualities [Nagel]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / c. Unperceived sense-data

21583

When sense-data change, there must be indistinguishable sense-data in the process [Russell]

12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism

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Aristotle is a rationalist, but reason is slowly acquired through perception and experience [Aristotle, by Frede,M]

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Empirical truths are particular, so general truths need an a priori input of generality [Russell]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 2. Intuition

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Aristotle wants to fit common intuitions, and therefore uses language as a guide [Aristotle, by Gill,ML]