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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Heidegger: an introduction' and 'The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 3. Hermeneutics

15575

Knowledge is not a static set of correct propositions, but a continuing search for better interpretations [Polt]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

15568

When we consider possibilities, there must be something we are considering [Polt]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism

8824	No one has defended translational phenomenalism since Ayer in 1940 [Ayer, by Kim]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

15251

The attribution of necessity to causation is either primitive animism, or confusion with logical necessity [Ayer]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]