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Ideas for 'The Philosophy of Philosophy', 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671' and 'Five Milestones of Empiricism'

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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 2. Self-Evidence

9597	There are 'armchair' truths which are not a priori, because experience was involved [Williamson]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 1. Empiricism

19049

In scientific theories sentences are too brief to be independent vehicles of empirical meaning [Quine]

19046

Empiricism improvements: words for ideas, then sentences, then systems, then no analytic, then naturalism [Quine]

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

9592	Intuition is neither powerful nor vacuous, but reveals linguistic or conceptual competence [Williamson]

20181

When analytic philosophers run out of arguments, they present intuitions as their evidence [Williamson]