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All the ideas for 'works', 'The Logic of Decision' and 'Miscellaneous Observations'

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11 ideas

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth

19574

If man sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself, by acting against his own convictions [Novalis]

3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth

19571

Delusion and truth differ in their life functions [Novalis]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 2. Domain of Quantification

17743

De Morgan introduced a 'universe of discourse', to replace Boole's universe of 'all things' [De Morgan, by Walicki]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

19575

Refinement of senses increasingly distinguishes individuals [Novalis]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / b. Worlds as fictions

16285

A possible world can be seen as a complete and consistent novel [Jeffrey]

12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism

19572

Experiences tests reason, and reason tests experience [Novalis]

14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem

19155

Instead of gambling, Jeffrey made the objects of Bayesian preference to be propositions [Jeffrey, by Davidson]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind

19573

The seat of the soul is where our inner and outer worlds interpenetrate [Novalis]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

19577

Everything is a chaotic unity, then we abstract, then we reunify the world into a free alliance [Novalis]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 5. Natural Beauty

19578

Only self-illuminated perfect individuals are beautiful [Novalis]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / a. Religious Belief

19576

Religion needs an intermediary, because none of us can connect directly to a godhead [Novalis]