Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'Through the Looking Glass' and 'Review of Aron 'Our Knowledge of Universals''

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

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Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

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I only wish I had such eyes as to see Nobody! It's as much as I can do to see real people. [Carroll,L]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism

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Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / a. Origin of concepts

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We reach concepts by clarification, or by definition, or by habitual experience [Price,HH]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

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A 'felt familiarity' with universals is more primitive than abstraction [Price,HH]

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Our understanding of 'dog' or 'house' arises from a repeated experience of concomitances [Price,HH]