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All the ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'Letter to Clerk Maxwell' and 'works'

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5 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]

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 3. Hermeneutics

5435	An interpreter of a text, because of wider knowledge, can understand it better than its author [Schleiermacher, by Mautner]

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Unity emerges from understanding particulars, so understanding is prior to seeing unity [Schleiermacher]

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]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces

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By 'force' I mean the sources of all actions - sometimes called 'powers' by their outcomes [Breheny]