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All the ideas for 'works', 'Dialectic of Enlightenment' and 'Seven Quodlibets'

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9 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]

5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 3. Contradiction

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Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor lack of contradiction a sign of truth [Pascal]

8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations

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Relations are expressed either as absolute facts, or by a relational concept [William of Ockham]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

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Cut wood doesn't make a new substance, but seems to make separate subjects [William of Ockham]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism

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Hot water naturally cools down, which is due to the substantial form of the water [William of Ockham]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 3. Abstraction by mind

9102	If an animal approached from a distance, we might abstract 'animal' from one instance [William of Ockham]

17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 6. Mysterianism

9114	There are no secure foundations to prove the separate existence of mind, in reason or experience [William of Ockham]

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]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / a. Christianity

9115	To love God means to love whatever God wills to be loved [William of Ockham]