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Ideas for 'On the Question of Absolute Undecidability', 'Virtues of the Mind' and 'The View from Nowhere'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity

3248	Realism invites scepticism because it claims to be objective [Nagel]

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Views are objective if they don't rely on a person's character, social position or species [Nagel]

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Things cause perceptions, properties have other effects, hence we reach a 'view from nowhere' [Nagel, by Reiss/Sprenger]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 2. Aims of Definition

20221

Precision is only one of the virtues of a good definition [Zagzebski]

2. Reason / E. Argument / 1. Argument

20220

Objection by counterexample is weak, because it only reveals inaccuracies in one theory [Zagzebski]