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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Dialectic of Enlightenment' and 'Essays on Intellectual Powers 1: Preliminary'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 5. Critical Theory

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Adorno and Horkheimer subjected the Enlightenment to 'critical theory' analysis [Adorno/Horkheimer, by Finlayson]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 1. Common Sense

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Many truths seem obvious, and point to universal agreement - which is what we find [Reid]

18. Thought / C. Content / 2. Ideas

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Only philosophers treat ideas as objects [Reid]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 9. Ambiguity

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The ambiguity of words impedes the advancement of knowledge [Reid]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

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De Sade said it was impossible to rationally argue against murder [Adorno/Horkheimer]

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 / 1. Causation

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Similar effects come from similar causes, and causes are only what are sufficient for the effects [Reid]

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

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