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All the ideas for 'works (fragments)', 'On Simple Theories of a Complex World' and 'The Lagoon: how Aristotle invented science'

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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / b. Pre-Socratic philosophy

21355

The Pre-Socratics are not simple naturalists, because they do not always 'leave the gods out' [Leroi]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason

1813	All reasoning endlessly leads to further reasoning (Mode 12) [Agrippa, by Diog. Laertius]

1811	Proofs often presuppose the thing to be proved (Mode 15) [Agrippa, by Diog. Laertius]

1815	Reasoning needs arbitrary faith in preliminary hypotheses (Mode 14) [Agrippa, by Diog. Laertius]

1812	All discussion is full of uncertainty and contradiction (Mode 11) [Agrippa, by Diog. Laertius]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 2. Justification Challenges / a. Agrippa's trilemma

8850	Agrippa's Trilemma: justification is infinite, or ends arbitrarily, or is circular [Agrippa, by Williams,M]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism

1814	Everything is perceived in relation to another thing (Mode 13) [Agrippa, by Diog. Laertius]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

21687

It seems obvious to prefer the simpler of two theories, on grounds of beauty and convenience [Quine]

21688

There are four suspicious reasons why we prefer simpler theories [Quine]