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All the ideas for 'The Lagoon: how Aristotle invented science', 'works' and 'Universals and Particulars'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / b. Pre-Socratic philosophy

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The Pre-Socratics are not simple naturalists, because they do not always 'leave the gods out' [Leroi]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 7. Status of Reason

21945

Foucault originally felt that liberating reason had become an instrument of domination [Foucault, by Gutting]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / c. Self-predication

4442	Most thinkers now reject self-predication (whiteness is NOT white) so there is no Third Man problem [Armstrong]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism

21942

Foucault challenges knowledge in psychology and sociology, not in the basic sciences [Foucault, by Gutting]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / a. Consciousness

21941

Unlike Marxists, Foucault explains thought internally, without deference to conscious ideas [Foucault, by Gutting]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature

21939

The author function of any text is a plurality of selves [Foucault, by Gutting]

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / c. Natural rights

21940

Nature is not the basis of rights, but the willingness to risk death in asserting them [Foucault]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / d. Reform of offenders

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Power is used to create identities and ways of life for other people [Foucault, by Shorten]