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All the ideas for 'German Philosophy: a very short introduction', 'Marx' and 'Mathematics and Indispensibility'

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7 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems

9558	All scientific tests will verify mathematics, so it is a background, not something being tested [Sober]

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]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 4. Changing the State / c. Revolution

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In Marxism the state will be superseded [Singer]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 9. Communism

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Materialist history says we are subject to incomprehensible forces [Singer]