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All the ideas for 'Introduction to 'Virtues of Authenticity'', 'works' and 'Theology and Verification'

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1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 5. Critical Theory

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Horkheimer's critical theory was interdisciplinary, and aware of its own context and function [Horkheimer, by Finlayson]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms

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Forms are not a theory of universals, but an attempt to explain how predication is possible [Nehamas]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking

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Only Tallness really is tall, and other inferior tall things merely participate in the tallness [Nehamas]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

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'Episteme' is better translated as 'understanding' than as 'knowledge' [Nehamas]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / c. Religious Verification

1470	Belief in an afterlife may be unverifiable in this life, but it will be verifiable after death [Hick, by PG]

1471	It may be hard to verify that we have become immortal, but we could still then verify religious claims [Hick, by PG]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / d. Religious Falsification

1469	Some things (e.g. a section of the expansion of PI) can be verified but not falsified [Hick, by PG]