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All the ideas for 'German Philosophy: a very short introduction', 'Things qua Truthmakers' and 'Two Chief World Systems'

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6 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being

14401

Every proposition is entirely about being [Lewis]

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

22049

Transcendental idealism aims to explain objectivity through subjectivity [Bowie]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism

22055

The Idealists saw the same unexplained spontaneity in Kant's judgements and choices [Bowie]

22054

German Idealism tried to stop oppositions of appearances/things and receptivity/spontaneity [Bowie]

22056

Crucial to Idealism is the idea of continuity between receptivity and spontaneous judgement [Bowie]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / b. Laws of motion

19673

Galileo mathematised movement, and revealed its invariable component - acceleration [Galileo, by Meillassoux]