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All the ideas for 'German Philosophy: a very short introduction', 'Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics' and 'Moral Dilemmas Revisited'

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8 ideas

3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 1. Redundant Truth

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'It is true that this follows' means simply: this follows [Wittgenstein]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / a. Early logicism

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Two and one making three has the necessity of logical inference [Wittgenstein]

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

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

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

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

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 5. Action Dilemmas / a. Dilemmas

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There is no restitution after a dilemma, if it only involved the agent, or just needed an explanation [Foot, by PG]

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I can't understand how someone can be necessarily wrong whatever he does [Foot]