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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

23367	Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus]
	Full Idea: Philosophy says it is not right even to stretch out a finger without some reason.
	From: Epictetus (fragments/reports [c.57], 15)
	A reaction: The key point here is that philosophy concerns action, an idea on which Epictetus is very keen. He rather despise theory. This idea perfectly sums up the concept of the wholly rational life (which no rational person would actually want to live!).

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 10. A Priori as Subjective

3913	Maybe imagination is the source of a priori justification [Casullo]
	Full Idea: Some maintain that experiments in imagination are the source of a priori justification.
	From: Albert Casullo (A priori/A posteriori [1992], p.1)
	A reaction: What else could assessments of possibility and necessity be based on except imagination?

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 2. Meaning as Mental

8212	Everything that is experienced in consciousness is meaning [Derrida]
	Full Idea: All experience is the experience of meaning (Sinn). Everything that appears to consciousness, everything that is for consciousness in general, is meaning.
	From: Jacques Derrida (Semiology and Grammatology [1968], p.26)
	A reaction: This an assertion, from a quite different philosophical tradition, of the centrality of linguistic meaning in philosophy. It links with the centrality of intentionality in our understanding of the mind.