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All the ideas for 'German Philosophy: a very short introduction', 'fragments/reports' and 'The Putney Debates'

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9 ideas

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 10. Impossibility

5998	From the necessity of the past we can infer the impossibility of what never happens [Diod.Cronus, by White,MJ]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

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The Master Argument seems to prove that only what will happen is possible [Diod.Cronus, by Epictetus]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / d. Non-truthfunction conditionals

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Conditionals are true when the antecedent is true, and the consequent has to be true [Diod.Cronus]

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

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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]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 4. Mental Propositions

6024	Thought is unambiguous, and you should stick to what the speaker thinks they are saying [Diod.Cronus, by Gellius]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 2. State Legitimacy / c. Social contract

23215

Even the poorest have a life to lead, and so should consent to who governs them [-]