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1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 6. Deconstruction

22234	Post-structuralism focused on exterior determinants of thought, rather than the thinker [Oksala]
	Full Idea: Post-structuralism was characterised by the denial of the human being as the privileged object of philosophical analysis, focusing instead on the social, linguistic and unconscious determinants of thought.
	From: Johanna Oksala (How to Read Foucault [2007], Intro)
	A reaction: I'm new to this, and so far this sounds the same as structralism, so I'll have to keep going. I presume it is the same as the rejection of the author when interpreting literature (as in Barthes?). Structuralism was 'non-historical'.

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / p. Axiom of Reducibility

18170	The Axiom of Reducibility is self-effacing: if true, it isn't needed [Quine]
	Full Idea: The Axiom of Reducibility is self-effacing: if it is true, the ramification it is meant to cope with was pointless to begin with.
	From: Willard Quine (Introduction to Russell's Theory of Types [1967], p.152), quoted by Penelope Maddy - Naturalism in Mathematics I.1
	A reaction: Maddy says the rejection of Reducibility collapsed the ramified theory of types into the simple theory.